Over the past 250 million years, periods when coral reef growth has peaked have coincided with big rises in sea temperatures ...
As Africa undergoes a dramatic geological shift that may one day split the continent in two, here’s everything you need to ...
Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the planet.
New research reveals the Indian tectonic plate beneath the Himalayas is not a solid slab but is warping and tearing. This internal breaking and delamination, particularly in the eastern Himalayas, ...
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How the tectonic plates were formed

Earth’s crust looks solid from the surface, but it is broken into a shifting mosaic of slabs that slowly rearrange oceans and continents. Understanding how those tectonic plates first formed is one of ...