A recent study published in National Science Review challenges the traditional emphasis on trees in forest ecology, revealing ...

Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics influence the trajectory and speed of the plates as they plunge deep into ...

From the sensation of the world shaking beneath your feet, to the fear of what might happen next, it doesn’t matter how many ...

Anyone who's ever tried tiling a floor, a backsplash or even an arts-and-crafts project probably knows the emotional ...

As global temperatures rise, scientists debate the pros and cons of solar geoengineering, a strategy to cool Earth by reflecting sunlight into space.

This MATLAB and Simulink Challenge Project Hub contains a list of research and design project ideas. These projects will help you gain practical experience and insight into technology trends and ...

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

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a landscape with incredible geology. She hears a lot of the same suggestions: ...

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

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 ...

The Earth's crust is broken up into several pieces called tectonic plates, which fit together like a jigsaw puzzle ...