Around the Balkan Peninsula, the African plate is sinking beneath the European plate. A piece of deeply submerged African ...

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

New satellite data shows Tibet’s plates flow like a liquid. India-Eurasia collision pushes eastern Tibet eastward by up to 25 ...

"The ocean surface is definitely not flat. It is constantly changing as wind, waves and swells produce surface undulations, daily tidal fluctuations raise and lower the average height." ...

Earth is constantly moving, although we don’t notice it. Deep beneath the ocean, far away from cities and human activity, huge geological processes are slowly ...

Scientists have uncovered one of the most exciting geological discoveries of the decade – the long-lost Pontus tectonic plate. This ancient “mega plate,” which once spanned an astonishing 15 million ...

New research suggests that the movement of Earth's tectonic plates plays a significant, previously underestimated role in influencing global climate changes.

The ground beneath northern South America holds memories far older than any city or road. Locked inside ancient volcanic ...

The drilling expedition, conducted aboard the research vessel Chikyu, set a Guinness World Record for the deepest scientific ocean drilling ever achieved. Core samples revealed a roughly ...

BANGKOK: Earthquakes in Surat Thani are caused by two active fault lines that are still moving—Ranong Fault and Klong Marui ...

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

One of the most terrifying discoveries for the US population in general has just been made off the north coast of California.