For millions of years, as the Arabian and Eurasian continental plates have drifted toward each other, the underground ancient ...

An international research team has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the Zagros Mountains in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on how much the surface of the Earth has bent over the last ...

Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

Dating key tectonic events in Japan's geological history has long been often challenging due to poor microfossil preservation ...

Dinosaurs long dominated Earth's land ecosystems with a multitude of forms including plant-eating giants like Argentinosaurus ...

Plate tectonics had arranged the world's continents into a single massive landmasses: Pangaea. Today I attempt to use my ...

Researchers have discovered the "ignition" mechanism of earthquakes, and their latest findings were published in "Nature." ...

Love is a burning thing, and it makes a fiery ring […] And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire; the ring of fire.” This ...

The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants of submerged plates will be found near subduction zones. However, a new high-resolution model shows that these remnants ...

Almost everywhere, the ground is still shaking from a succession of tectonic events that are reshaping the geopolitical landscape, and continually producing foreshocks and aftershocks.

President Biden plans to add another national monument, this one near Joshua Tree National Park, and is making plans to travel to California in the coming days to dedicate the Chuckwalla National ...