The dance of the continents has been reshaping Earth for billions of years, creating the landscapes we walk on today.

For decades, geologists labeled a billion-year stretch of Earth’s history—from 1.8 to 0.8 billion years ago—as the “Boring ...

A study led by researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Adelaide has revealed how the breakup of an ...

New research reveals that Earth’s so-called “Boring Billion” was a time of dramatic change beneath the surface.

For decades, the end-stage life of a subduction zone existed only in theory. Now, for the first time in geologic history, scientists are bearing witness to the Juan de Fuca Plate tearing apart and ...

Scientists have traced the origins of complex life to the breakup of the supercontinent Nuna 1.5 billion years ago. This ...

A small amount of molten rock located under tectonic plates encourages them to move. This is what scientists have recently discovered. Their new model takes into account not only the velocity of ...

If you think about mountain ranges like the Andes or the Himalayas, you can come up with multiple factors that must affect their size and shape. There’s the collision of tectonic plates that squeezes ...

Earth's mantle is so gooey, it takes eons for material that has been displaced by the weight of ice sheets to flow back. And ...

A study led by researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Adelaide has revealed how the breakup of an ...