A fresh analysis of rocks from one of these periods, the Ediacaran (about 630-540 million years ago), aims to solve a ...

For decades, the end-stage life of a subduction zone existed only in theory. Now, for the first time in geologic history, scientists are bearing witness to the Juan de Fuca Plate tearing apart and ...

The Earth with the upper mantle revealed. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered a previously unknown layer of partly molten rock in a key region just below the tectonic ...

The Arctic is experiencing unprecedented changes, and nowhere is this more dramatically visible than in Greenland. This ...

Two of the biggest fault lines in the world are synched together in a way that could lead to disastrous consequences, according to recent scientific analysis. This synchronization raises alarms about ...

The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely responsible for the volcanoes that dot the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The plates make up Earth's outer shell, called the lithosphere. (This includes ...

It's the first time Earth's geologic record — information found inside rocks — has been used to create an animation of this kind. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand Friday, causing widespread damage and a death toll that officials expect to climb in the days ahead. The ...

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