Africa has some of the most spectacular natural wonders in the world, most of which are still untouched by mass tourism ...

NASA's vast archive of science data, over 100 petabytes and counting, is proving to be a timeless treasure trove for new ...

Beneath the surface of the United States, the Earth's crust is slowly sinking, creating a new geological phenomenon.

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

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.

Two Continent-Sized 'Blobs' Hidden Deep Inside Earth's Mantle Continue To Baffle Scientists From Decades Earth and many of ...

Presently,the trail of devastation now spans five continents, with the latest seismic activity striking Iceland. A powerful volcanic eruption has shaken the Nordic nation, sending ash clouds into the ...

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

Studying it can inform our understanding of the Earth's past and our future. Each year, according to Nasa, a chunk of rock the size of a car hurtles through space on a collision course with our ...

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the ...