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

Intraplate tectonic settings, located far from active plate margins, have historically been considered stable. However, infrequent but destructive ...

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

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 ...

Gather your supplies! In this episode we will use everyday materials to learn about tectonic plates and fault lines.

Take yourself back to fifth-grade science for a second. You might have learned that earthquakes are caused by the sudden movement of big, underground sheets of rock, called tectonic plates. Your ...

While it's the reigning theory now, the road to acceptance was long and bumpy for plate tectonics, which describes how large portions of Earth's crust slide, grind, rise and sink ever so slowly across ...

The Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates' collision is growing the Himalayan mountains, but scientists say the process could tear Tibet into two pieces.

New research seems to suggest that an Indian tectonic plate collision with the Eurasian plate might be ripping Tibet apart.

In an article published in Science China Earth Sciences, a senior scientist at University of Science and Technology of China presents comprehensive arguments for the operation of ancient plate ...

Science Space Solar System Earth-like plate tectonics may have shaped Venus billions of years ago A new study bolsters the theory that microbial life could have existed on our sister planet. Laura ...