For the first time, scientists have seen a subduction zone actively breaking apart beneath the Pacific Northwest. Seismic data show the oceanic plate tearing into fragments, forming microplates in a ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a series of bills into law, including a measure aimed at clearing up confusion over what drivers can legally place around their license plates. The legislation (SB 488), ...

Scientists have mapped how Earth’s deepest mantle is being deformed—and the results point to long-lost tectonic plates buried thousands of kilometers underground. Using a massive global dataset of ...