The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics begin?

New additions to Adriana Varejão’s acclaimed “Plate” series are showing at the Hispanic Society Museum and Library, in her ...

What roils beneath Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even animal activity and evolution. In fact, ...

At the end of the last Ice Age, around 10,000 years ago, the melting of massive glaciers may have done more than just raise ...

Earth is the only known planet which has plate tectonics today. The constant movement of these giant slabs of rock over the planet's magma creates continents - and may have even helped create life.

As the Earth's crust shifted and groaned over millions of years, something extraordinary happened beneath the surface. Deep ...

The U.S. National Science Foundation Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's most powerful solar telescope, operated by ...

Researchers find that a land bridge ended Africa's 75 million-year-old isolation and facilitated diverse evolutionary ...

A reanalysis of paleomagnetic poles provides tighter bounds on the style and rate of motions of our whole planet with respect ...

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.

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Earth Day is Tuesday, April 22, and Greater Cincinnati is celebrating this week. This year marks the 55th Anniversary of Earth Day, an annual reminder to practice sustainability ...

Spexi is launching the LayerDrone Foundation and its decentralized network aimed at encouraging amateur drone pilots to capture high-res Earth imagery.