Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world's most devastating earthquakes and ...

Here's What'll Happen When Plate Tectonics Grinds to a Halt A new study says we may only have another 1.45 billion years to enjoy the dynamic action of Earth’s geologic engine. By Robin George ...

Within just a few million years, the continental plates begin to bend and squish toward each other. Around 200 million years ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and ...

Scientists have detected rhythmic pulses of molten rock rising beneath eastern Africa, threatening to pull the continent ...

A plume of molten rock rising from the depths of the Earth in heartbeat-like pulses is slowly tearing Africa apart—and will ...

The Pacific Ring of Fire is a tectonically active region with frequent earthquakes and volcanoes, spanning 40,000 km around ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology ...

Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even ...

A study of the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt found that its rocks go back to the Hadean Eon, making them the ideal candidate ...