Recent findings have unveiled a startling reality: the Earth’s crust is showing signs of significant instability. From the ...

The Earth's mantle might not always move along in lockstep with the overlying tectonic crust—as set out in science textbooks for decades—but may instead behave differently. This is the conclusion of ...

The evolution of our Earth is the story of its cooling: 4.5 billion years ago, extreme temperatures prevailed on the surface of the young Earth, and it was covered by a deep ocean of magma. Over ...

In the hours after an earthquake shook the northeastern United States Friday, scientists calculated its magnitude — 4.8 on the Richter scale — and triangulated its epicenter near the New Jersey town ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Researchers at Oregon State University have completed a mammoth project to create a 3-D map of electromagnetic energy in the Earth's crust across the continental U.S. What began as ...