A massive hidden rupture beneath the Himalayas is tearing the Earth apart, leaving scientists deeply concerned.

Few countries can match India’s geographic variety, stretching from Himalayan summits to fertile river valleys, vast deserts, lush monsoon forests, and expansive coastlines. This video highlights the ...

The tectonic plates are among the most powerful forces on Earth, exerting tremendous influence over every single life that unfolds on this planet. They are both creators and destroyers, capable of ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Oct 29, 2025, 03:16pm EDT Nov 01, 2025, 01:11pm EDT For the first ...

Robert Krut grew up devouring books by Raymond Carver and the Beat Poets, heavily influenced by the short story writer’s sparse prose and the latters’ collective bent toward romantic fearlessness. To ...

One of the worst earthquakes in European history ripped through Portugal in 1755, causing a tsunami, fires and shaking that killed tens of thousands of people and caused widespread destruction.

Rocks in Australia preserve evidence that plates in Earth’s crust were moving 3.5 billion years ago, a finding that pushes back the beginnings of plate tectonics by hundreds of millions of years.

Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed they had a firm grasp on how these waves revealed the rocky mantle’s secrets ...

Scientists discovered a thick mantle transition zone beneath the Lesser Antilles, revealing that ancient basalt-rich rock in oceanic plates affects how they sink into Earth’s mantle, reshaping our ...

new video loaded: Trump’s Tariffs Are Part of a ‘Tectonic Plate Shift’ in the Global Economy transcript Peter R. Orszag, the C.E.O. of Lazard, discusses how markets are reacting to the uncertainty of ...