The world's biggest ocean is also its most doomed one. Now, scientists are worried and they are blaming the tectonic plates ...

When a rift is young and actively spreading, material beneath the stretching crust pushes up broad ridges on either side of ...

Venus tectonic activity may still reshape the planet, as new 3D models reveal young rifts, raised flanks, and clues to ...

Earth’s outermost layer—the crust—is constantly renewing itself. It’s broken into giant chunks called tectonic plates that pull apart, push against or slide past one another, creating grand geologic ...

In the 45°C heat of the midday April sun, I swing my sledgehammer into the terracotta-varnished lobes of pillow basalt overlooking a sparse, almost Martian landscape. Up close, the rock is freckled ...

The Earth is four and a half billion years old, so why they started appearing then is unknown, as is the mechanism to make that continental crust.” Johnson and his colleagues are now arguing that the ...

For decades, Yellowstone has been held up as one of the clearest examples of a volcanic system fed by an immense column of hot rock rising from deep within the Earth. That picture has shaped ...

Researchers assessed likelihood gas was produced during creation of Alps, Pyrenees and Baetic mountains Hydrogen gas is anticipated to play a central role in phasing out fossil fuels, particularly in ...

Earthquakes usually occur along fracture zones in Earth's crust, where large tectonic plates slide past one another and become locked. Stress builds up over long periods and is suddenly released in ...

This project is heavily work in progress and not ready for use. Everything you see here — the hub, the simulators, the assets — is actively being developed and ...

The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. It separates the southern tip of Spain from the northern coast of Morocco. This narrow waterway acts as a vital global ...

Earth’s mightiest river has no banks. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the world’s largest ocean current, carrying a hundred times more water than all the world’s rivers combined and acting as a ...