The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

Throughout Earth’s history, the continents have been constantly on the move, converging and diverging in cycles that have shaped the planet’s surface for billions of years. This process, known as ...

The Pacific Northwest boasts an extensive network of more than 600 seismic monitoring stations that help researchers track ...

Geologists from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how the Earth’s early continents formed during the Archean time, more than 2.5 billion years ago. Their ...

From the shifting of tectonic plates to the power of swirling storms, natural disasters shape our world in dramatic and ...

This Collection invites original research on plate tectonics modelling, including multidisciplinary and integrative studies.

Megathrust earthquakes are large earthquakes that occur on faults found along the boundaries between tectonic plates. The ...

The researchers studied the video frame-by-frame using a technique known as pixel cross-correlation. This revealed that the ...

Researchers at Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, have taken a great stride in supporting earthquake prevention research by developing a system for seafloor position ...

Scientists reconstructed 540 million years of sea level changes, showing Earth's oceans rose and fell by hundreds of feet ...

Researchers have modeled sea level changes on thousand-year timescales for the past 540 million years. These insights offer better tools for mapping subsurface layers used in energy and waste storage.

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.