A new study challenges the long-standing theory that Yellowstone’s volcanic activity is powered by a deep mantle plume, finding instead that tectonic forces in Earth’s crust drive its magma system.

A groundbreaking study in Science Advances reveals that Earth's tectonic plates are breaking apart under the Cascadia ...

For the first time, scientists have watched a subduction zone literally fall apart beneath the ocean floor. Using advanced ...

The undersea plate boundary beneath the Strait of Gibraltar, known as the Gibraltar arc, is slowly moving into the Atlantic ...

Satellite data has unveiled a captivating geological phenomenon demonstrating that Earth’s crust is "dripping" under the ...

Scientists have discovered a Jurassic tectonic plate boundary that could help to predict what the planet might look like ...

Scientists at the University of Melbourne have uncovered for the first time how Australia's iconic Twelve Apostles were ...

The Earth’s crust is constantly changing. It’s currently made of many huge rock slabs called tectonic plates—seven major ones along with many more smaller plates—that fit together like puzzle pieces ...

The researchers studied the East Pilbara Craton formation in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, seen here. - Roger Norman/Alamy Stock Photo The puzzle pieces of Earth’s rocky crust are slowly and ...

researchers have uncovered the oldest direct evidence of tectonic plate movement, dating back 3.5 billion years. This revelation, published in Science, challenges long-held assumptions about Earth’s ...

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is facing fierce backlash after vetoing a bill that would have created a specialty license plate honoring slain Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, a move ...

Around 56 million years ago, Europe and North America began pulling apart to form what became the ever-expanding North Atlantic Ocean. Vast amounts of molten rock from Earth’s mantle reached the ocean ...