Water from both volcanic rocks and deep mantle melted Earth's crust 1.6 billion years ago. This long-lasting melting formed ...

Scientists have found scour marks on the seabed made by giant icebergs about 18,000 years ago, and they could offer clues to ...

Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed ...

At the end of the last Ice Age, around 10,000 years ago, the melting of massive glaciers may have done more than just raise ...

Learn how a computer simulation demonstrates that tectonic activity may be less slow and steady than previously thought.

South Africa is slowly lifting out of the water—by up to 2 millimeters per year depending on the region. It had been assumed ...

Two continents collided millions of years ago, forming a bridge that changed Earth's climate system and triggered one of history's greatest animal migrations.

Something strange is happening beneath the heart of North America. The continent’s ancient core, the craton, is changing ...

A recent study challenges the long-held belief of the Indian plate smoothly sliding under the Eurasian plate. Seismic data reveals the Indian plate is ...

As you read this, the North American continent’s underside is dribbling away into Earth’s molten mantle. And according to ...

Beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, vast volumes of cold, dense water plunge off the Antarctic continental shelf, cascading down underwater cliffs to the ocean floor thousands of meters below.