When Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution by natural selection in 1859, the world hadn't even heard of plate tectonics. The notion that continents drifted on molten rock currents deep ...

When exactly plate tectonics emerged and how it has evolved through time are two of the most significant and hotly debated questions in Earth sciences today.

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq ...

From time to time, when Earth's tectonic plates shift, the planet emits a long, slow belch of carbon dioxide. In a new modeling study published in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, R. Dietmar ...

Plate tectonics is a fundamental feature of Earth. As far as astronomers know, ... which are more likely to retain their heat and have longer periods of active plate tectonics. ...

Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...

Experts aren’t sure what prompted the land mass’ rise from the sea, but it may be from cyclical sea changes or tectonic plate ...

The boundary between tectonic plates is called a fault; 95% of earthquakes happen on these margins. Under Hispaniola, ... The fault under Haiti may have entered an 'active' period.

At the boundaries between tectonic plates, narrow rifts can form as Earth's crust slowly pulls ... documenting seismic activity and the volume of magma emerging during a period of unrest from 2014 ...

When Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution by natural selection in 1859, the world hadn’t even heard of plate tectonics.The notion that continents drifted on molten rock currents deep ...

From time to time, when Earth's tectonic plates shift, the planet emits a long, slow belch of carbon dioxide. In a new modeling study published in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, R. Dietmar ...