"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...

Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

Geology. The presence of oceans, continents and plate tectonics on Earth is most likely the reason there is no evidence for advanced extraterrestrial civilizations, according to new research by ...

Plate tectonics give rise to Earth's mountain ranges, earthquakes and the long-term movement of continents, and may even have provided the right conditions for life on Earth. But as far as we know ...

Scientists from Utrecht University have discovered two enormous structures deep in Earth's mantle, suggesting that these ...

Seismic tomography, an important technique, uses these measurements to create 3D models ... Plate tectonics is the theory that underlies modern geology. It basically states that Earth’s outer ...

According to a study published in Scientific Reports, anomalies deep within the Earth's mantle appear to be remnants of submerged tectonic plates—but located far from where such plates are ...