The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

A previously unknown layer of partially molten rock has been detected beneath Earth’s crust. The discovery could help scientists learn more about the motions of Earth’s tectonic plates.

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life.

Our planet has an outer layer made up of several plates, which move relative to one another. While we may take this knowledge for granted, this theory of plate tectonics was only formulated in the ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

In 2021, geologists animated a video that shows how Earth's tectonic plates moved over the last billion years. The plates move together and apart at the speed of fingernail growth, and the video ...

They found, when tectonic plates pull apart, they create unstable regions that can trigger instability in neighboring regions, gradually migrating thousands of miles toward the centre of a continent.

Geologists modeled the last billion years of Earth's tectonic plate evolution in unprecedented detail, then animated it in a mesmerizing video.

However, Venus may have once had tectonic plate movements that are similar to what occurred during Earth’s early days.

Dive into the world beneath your feet and discover what tectonic plates are, how they move, and why they're responsible for earthquakes, volcanoes, and the shifting of continents.

Researchers have examined tiny time capsules found in the oldest-known crystals in an attempt to settle a question that divides scientists: when did Earth’s tectonic plates begin to move?