Now, 50 years after the event, he may finally have an answer: The bottom of the tectonic plate off Portugal's coast seems to be peeling away from its top. This action may be providing the ...

Plate tectonics involves the movements of 15 major and 40 minor lithospheric plates. Note that the Indo-Australian Plate is currently separating into two, which explains why the Indian and ...

In a development that could reshape our understanding of tectonic movement, scientists have found massive fractures forming inside the Pacific Plate– the biggest tectonic plate on Earth.

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 ...

“The last compilation series I did on the label was called Tectonic Plates, which started in 2006, at a time when dubstep DJs including myself would cut 10-inch dubplates to play out,” Pinch said in a ...

Terrifying footage has emerged from March's Myanmar earthquake showing the ground literally sliding either side of two tectonic plates. The astonishing video clip, originally uploaded to ...

Getty The Earth may eventually have a new ocean. Tectonic plate movement under a section of Northern Africa could pull the area that is currently Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea away from the rest ...

On April 2, 2025, the global economic chessboard shifted dramatically. In a televised White House announcement, U.S. President Donald J. Trump unveiled a sweeping tariff regime: a universal 10% ...

This discovery is surprising, for Venus doesn't have tectonic plates like Earth. But latest research based on data collected 30 years ago suggests that Venus' surface is still actively changing ...

forming folds and faults in a process known as plate tectonics. For example, when two plates collide, the lighter plate slides on top of the denser one, forcing it downward into the layer beneath ...