The groundbreaking discovery was detailed in a study published last year in the journal Gondwana Research by researchers from the University of Derby in England and Sweden's Uppsala University. Read ...

This surprising discovery comes just weeks after a major earthquake in Myanmar and could change how scientists understand the ...

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

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...

Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed ...

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 ...

Learn how a computer simulation demonstrates that tectonic activity may be less slow and steady than previously thought.

Scientists believe that the motion of Earth's continents through plate tectonics has been largely steady over millions of years. New research, however, suggests this drift can speed up or slow down ...

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.

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

As you read this, the North American continent’s underside is dribbling away into Earth’s molten mantle. And according to ...

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...