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

Research tracks deep carbon cycle over 540 million years, links icehouse and greenhouse phases to movement of tectonic plates ...

Learn about the movement of tectonic plates off the coast of northern California, a process that could incite major ...

By tracking swarms of very small earthquakes, seismologists are getting a new picture of the complex region where the San ...

A hidden chunk of an ancient tectonic plate is stuck to the Pacific Ocean floor and sliding under North America, complicating ...

Eruptions from volcanic arcs, found where tectonic plates converge, are one of the major drivers of natural carbon emissions, ...

Seismic tremors reveal a shallow fragment of ancient tectonic plate beneath Northern California, helping explain damaging ...

Tectonic plates, the giant slabs of rock that make up the Earth’s crust, are always moving. This movement can raise mountains ...