An international study has revealed how continental collisions may have supercharged the Earth's richest deposits of copper, a metal critical for clean energy technologies and global infrastructure.

A long-feared monster earthquake off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington could cause some areas to sink by more than 6 feet, dramatically heightening the risk of flooding.

Dating key tectonic events in Japan's geological history has long been often challenging due to poor microfossil preservation from intense heat due to metamorphism. Researchers tackled this ...

Beneath our feet, hundreds of kilometers deep, lies an invisible yet essential world: the Earth's mantle. For a long time, scientists believed they understood its structure and functioning. But a ...

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Scientists have mapped one of the most hazardous spots on the globe in unprecedented detail: a 600-mile geologic boundary just off the Pacific Northwest coast.

A new scientific theory connects mysterious structures deep within Earth's mantle to a violent collision with the protoplanet Theia.

Modelling suggests the giant impact that formed the moon also left behind material deep inside Earth that may have helped kick off plate tectonics.

As scientists delve deeper into continental subduction processes, we anticipate further revelations reshaping our understanding of Earth's geological evolution.

Cornel de Ronde, CC BY-SA The importance of this lies in the fact that New Zealand’s geological record is uniquely created by the profound effects of large earthquakes in a subduction zone.