A surprising new discovery suggests that the Indian Plate is splitting into two, with a portion of it sinking into the mantle ...

Despite being tied together beneath the surface, these regions diverge sharply above it. Iceland and the Azores are ...

New research reveals a surprising link between the ancient tectonic history of oceanic plates and their fate as they subduct ...

Creating new unitary councils could disrupt some of the biggest social care systems in the country, writes an independent ...

New findings provide a greater understanding of plate subduction, or how tectonic plates slide beneath one another. This recycling of surface materials and volatile elements deep into the Earth's ...

With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an ...

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan's northeastern Yilan County, causing tremors in the capital, Taipei. The deep quake, at ...

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

Researchers have discovered cratonic thinning occurring beneath North America, driven by the remnants of the Farallon Plate. Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...