This study was mainly conducted by Dr. Peng SHU (State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration), Dr. Xiwei Xu (National Institute of Natural Hazard ...

Our planet has an outer layer made up of several plates, which move relative to one another. While we may take this knowledge for granted, this theory of plate tectonics was only formulated in the ...

Geological processes shape the planet Earth and are in many ways essential to our planet's habitability for life. One important geological process is plate tectonics – the drifting, colliding and ...

Venus, a scorching wasteland of a planet according to scientists, may have once had tectonic plate movements similar to those believed to have occurred on early Earth, a new study found. PROVIDENCE, R ...

In 2021, geologists animated a video that shows how Earth's tectonic plates moved over the last billion years. The plates move together and apart at the speed of fingernail growth, and the video ...

Researchers in China and Australia have created an animation that details Earth's tectonic movements over the past 1.8 billion years. In just over a minute, the video offers a mesmerizing look at how ...

No audio available for this content. It’s the beginning of 2022 and the new, modernized NSRS is only about three years away. Hopefully, everyone has been reading NGS’s blueprint documents updated ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Carole ...

Scientists say East Africa is slowly splitting along a tectonic rift, potentially forming a new ocean over millions of years. The process, while gradual, offers rare insight into how continents ...

A massive underwater canyon system in the North Atlantic, stretching over 500 kilometers, has baffled scientists for years. The King’s Trough Complex, a colossal and dramatic feature, was long thought ...