A study on tectonic plates that converge on the Tibetan Plateau has shown that Earth's fault lines are far weaker and the ...

Great things can come from failure when it comes to geology. The Midcontinent rift formed about 1.1 billion years ago and ...

How moving tectonic plates and rising heat from deep within Earth created one of the ocean’s largest canyons. On land, giant canyons like the Grand Canyon are usually the slow handiwork of rivers that ...

Data from the USGS shows the seismic events have ranged in strength from 2.5 up to 4.2 in magnitude.

A series of earthquakes rocked a Bay Area city on Feb. 2. Did you feel it? San Ramon was hit by a cluster of quakes starting ...

Beneath the ocean lie vast stretches of land—entire regions that were once above sea level. These aren't myths or Atlantis-style fables, but geological realities. From plate tectonics to ancient ...

The 2.5 million sq km plateau, averaging over 4,500 m elevation, spans China, India, Nepal and more. Formed by India's crash into Eurasia, it challenges classic plate tectonics.

In Tibet, two continental plates collide, forming the world's highest mountain range. Satellite data provides surprising ...

The historian Adam Tooze discusses Davos, China and the fading of an old world order. This is an edited transcript of “The ...

Mass extinction events throughout Earth’s history are characterized as significant disruptions to life on the planet. There ...

A study of the East African Rift reveals that ancient heating and dehydration can strengthen continental crust, reshaping how and where continents break apart.