By studying ancient lava flows that fractured over Turkey’s Tuz Gölü Fault, researchers at Curtin University have uncovered ...

All complex life on Earth may be the result of plate tectonics tearing apart the ancient supercontinent Nuna 1.5 billion ...

New seismic data reveals that the Indian tectonic plate is breaking apart deep beneath Tibet, in a phenomenon scientists call ...

The discovery reveals how fragments of continental crust are stripped from beneath tectonic plates and pushed under the ocean ...

Researchers discovered that continents don’t just split at the surface—they also peel from below, feeding volcanic activity in the oceans. Simulations reveal that slow mantle waves strip continental ...

Signals from satellites orbiting hundreds of kilometers above Earth are revealing dramatic changes deep beneath the Antarctic ...

Underwater volcanoes are powerful geological forces shaping our planet and oceans. These hidden giants form through tectonic ...

Climate change is accelerating continental rifting, the geological process where landmasses slowly pull apart. According to a ...

Active terrestrial volcanoes can turn into true behemoths, yet most of these structures are hidden beneath the ocean’s ...

The break up of the supercontinent Nuna transformed the Earth’s surface, creating shallow marine habitats that may have given ...

Submarine canyons form in places where the seafloor is steepest, redefining how sediments and carbon travel to the depths of ...