New research challenges conventional wisdom by demonstrating that mid-ocean ridges and continental rifts, not volcanic ...

Carbon released from Earth's spreading tectonic plates, not volcanoes, may have triggered major transitions between ancient ...

Rock rheology governs the deformation of rocks in reaction to forces within the Earth's interior. Rheology is the scientific ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Two continents collided millions of years ago, forming a bridge that changed Earth’s climate system and triggered one of history’s greatest animal migrations. Recent research reveals ...

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 ...

Venus could have a churning crust that explains its massive number of volcanoes, a new theory with big implications for planetary science. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Peter Rubin Venus may be far more ...

The crust of volcanically active Venus could be churning with convection currents just like the Earth's mantle. This is the conclusion of researchers from the Washington University in St. Louis, who ...