Earth surface is covered with rigid plates that move, crash into each other and dive into the planet's interior. But when did ...

But to find that complexity, we must take the lessons of the boring billion to heart. Planets are not just a stage on which ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

From time to time, when Earth's tectonic plates shift, the planet emits a long, slow belch of carbon dioxide. In a new ...

Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the planet. Week 12 college football rankings: Miami and Georgia plummet, Indiana ...

Recent research has identified that significant changes in the Earth's mantle composition began about 300 million years ago, ...

This period coincides with the appearance of kimberlites ... more distant subduction events. Modern-style plate tectonics, marked by continental crust subduction and deep slab break-off, began ...

In the wake of the National Seismological Service recording 1,799 earthquakes within the past 48 hours—including a foreshock ...

Many people who menstruate wonder if it's safe—or possible—to delay a period. You might want to postpone your week of bleeding due to an important event, like a wedding, work presentation ...

A recent earthquake in New Jersey displayed unusual seismic activity and shaking patterns, impacting areas much farther than ...

Cracks form in these massive tectonic plates, causing the ground above to ... They signify movement but not impending eruption. However, long-period quakes, like what led up to Mount St. Helens ...