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 ...

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

In an article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ...

Current and former employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say fewer people working with fewer ...

The earthquake risk at Scott Dam may be a key factor in PG&E’s decision to abandon the Potter Valley Project.

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 ... researchers are able to project that other smaller earthquakes nearby, called aftershocks, are ...

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: ...

A Forest Hills Robotics team will represent NYC at the FIRST LEGO League World Festival in Houston after winning the city ...

Stories at the Crossroads of People and Nature," David B. Williams slows down and takes a close look at Seattle.