Earth's continents may look fixed on a globe, but they've been drifting, splitting and reforming over billions of years—and they still are. Our new study reveals fresh evidence of rhythmic pulses of ...

Recent shifts in Earth's magnetic field have human fingerprints all over them. While it is normal for our planet's magnetic ...

Geologists discovered "gigantic fortresses" under the Earth's crust, which have provided insight into the workings of the ...

Chinese researchers have recently challenged the long-held belief that "all life depends on sunlight." In a study published ...

Dehradun: Scientists at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) have found that parts of Arunachal Pradesh in the eastern Himalayas saw intens.

Gigantic hidden fortresses discovered 1,800 miles underground in Earth's mantle, rewrite how the planet's interior works.

Earth's continents may look fixed on a globe, but they've been drifting, splitting and reforming over billions of years - and they still are. Our new ...

Earth has experienced both hot and cold periods over time, though warm times have been more common. That’s true of the last 485 million years, as seen in this timeline reported in 2024. Our genus, ...

Two massive blobs beneath Africa and the Pacific—each taller than 90 Everests—may be remains of a lost planet. Hidden in ...

Scientists discover enormous pockets of salty brine beneath the Pacific Ocean, key to understanding periodic underwater ...

The study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, shows the shift happened in two phases: 1835–1954: Dams in North America and Europe nudged the pole toward Russia and China. 1954–2011: Dams in ...

Magma from the mantle finds its way to the surface, where it erupts as lava or ash and gas—sometimes in spectacular spurts, ...