Scientists have long thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see ...

The colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic ...

Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with ...

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

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics ...

Earthquakes are among the most formidable natural disasters, striking with little warning and causing widespread devastation.

But don't worry, the continent isn't about to collapse. These are incredibly slow geological processes, happening over ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

Future missions to Venus could also supply additional data on the density and temperature of the planet's crust, which could ...

With an underlying universal theme of convection, a new textbook introduces upper-level geology, geophysics, physics, and engineering students to the geophysics behind the Earth System.

Venus — a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes — may be even more geologically active near its surface than previously thought. New calculations by researchers at Washington ...