A new study has finally explained the unusual behavior of Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano. Scientists found it is ...

This makes Etna an enigma. Despite its long historical record – plus extensive monitoring and research in modern times – no ...

Scientists have discovered a Jurassic tectonic plate boundary that could help to predict what the planet might look like ...

Scientists have discovered a huge tectonic boundary under Africa, running from Mozambique to Tanzania.

In subduction zones, the sites of the world's largest earthquakes, tectonic activity may generate a "pump" that transports ...

A new study has found that most rare earth deposits – sources of metals essential for electronics and clean energy ...

New magnetic evidence from volcanic rocks reveals that the collision of the Americas began far earlier than previously ...

Off the coast of Vancouver Island, scientists have captured unusually sharp images of a tectonic plate that is breaking apart as it sinks beneath North America. They describe a slab drop of about five ...

The Earth’s crust is constantly changing. It’s currently made of many huge rock slabs called tectonic plates—seven major ones along with many more smaller plates—that fit together like puzzle pieces ...

The researchers studied the East Pilbara Craton formation in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, seen here. - Roger Norman/Alamy Stock Photo The puzzle pieces of Earth’s rocky crust are slowly and ...

researchers have uncovered the oldest direct evidence of tectonic plate movement, dating back 3.5 billion years. This revelation, published in Science, challenges long-held assumptions about Earth’s ...