New research challenges conventional wisdom by demonstrating that mid-ocean ridges and continental rifts, not volcanic ...

For millions of years, Earth’s moving plates have sculpted continents, carved oceans, and built massive mountain ranges. Yet some of these giant structures vanished deep into the mantle, hidden from ...

New research highlights the complex relationship between Earth's tectonic plate movements and climate shifts. Contrary to ...

Learn about the movement of tectonic plates off the coast of northern California, a process that could incite major earthquakes. The hidden processes that drive earthquakes cause a lot of commotion ...

Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing "icehouse" periods and warm "greenhouse" states.