Scientists have uncovered one of the most exciting geological discoveries of the decade – the long-lost Pontus tectonic plate ...

Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the ...

Geologists led by the University of Maryland and the University of Hawaiʻi finally connected the dots between one of the ...

A part of Northern Africa is slowly splitting apart from the rest of the continent and may eventually create a whole new ...

A new study traces a 120-million-year-old 'super-eruption' to its source, offering new insights into Earth's complex geological history.

A fiery mystery has puzzled geologists for decades: where did the lava fueling one of Earth’s largest volcanic events come from? A new study may finally have the answer. Scientists have long believed ...

Scientists tracking tectonic activity along the East African Rift say the continent is slowly splitting apart, People ...

The Pacific Plate is cracking from within, overturning tectonic theories. Hidden undersea faults show Earth’s strongest plate ...

Analysing lava flows that solidified and then broke apart over a massive crack in the Earth's crust in Turkey has brought new insights into how continents move over time, improving our understanding ...

Indian tectonic plate is splitting beneath the Himalayas, revealing a dramatic twist in Earth's tectonic history, scientists ...