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

Scientists have traditionally focused on volcanic arcs as the main natural source of atmospheric carbon dioxide. These form ...

This study was mainly conducted by Dr. Peng SHU (State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration), Dr. Xiwei Xu (National Institute of Natural Hazard ...

New research challenges conventional wisdom by demonstrating that mid-ocean ridges and continental rifts, not volcanic ...

Africa is undergoing a gradual geological transformation, with tectonic forces slowly pulling the continent apart. This process, driven by movements along the East African Rift System, is separating ...

Our planet has an outer layer made up of several plates, which move relative to one another. While we may take this knowledge for granted, this theory of plate tectonics was only formulated in the ...

Venus, a scorching wasteland of a planet according to scientists, may have once had tectonic plate movements similar to those believed to have occurred on early Earth, a new study found. PROVIDENCE, R ...

In one of Earth’s most geologically active regions, East Africa is experiencing a profound transformation. Beneath the surface, tectonic plates are gradually pulling apart, with the potential to ...

In 2021, geologists animated a video that shows how Earth's tectonic plates moved over the last billion years. The plates move together and apart at the speed of fingernail growth, and the video ...

A series of slowly widening fissures in southern Ethiopia once again drew the attention of scientists and authorities to one ...