Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

From time to time, when Earth's tectonic plates shift, the planet emits a long, slow belch of carbon dioxide. In a new ...

Massive crustal plates shift, creating mountains, earthquakes, and volcanic activity. This process, known as plate tectonics, ...

But to find that complexity, we must take the lessons of the boring billion to heart. Planets are not just a stage on which ...

India and China are neighbors that for centuries have disagreed over certain stretches of their shared borders. Indian commentators now suggest the countries' shared tectonic plates are moving ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spots a scattering of bizarre bright white pebbles of a mysterious composition and origin.

John Sclater, a geophysicist at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a member of the first wave of ...

An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted Islamabad, Peshawar and multiple districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday. The tremors were felt in other areas including ...

Afghanistan experienced yet another jolt of earthquake within 24 hours, with a magnitude of 5 on the Richter Scale.

A new study highlights the tsunami threat facing Southland, where a nearby earthquake zone is thought capable of unleashing ...

During its recent exploration of the crater rim, Perseverance diverted to explore a strange, scattered field of bright white ...