"Scientists have long thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see in continents," says geochemist Simon Turner, from Macquarie University ...

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...

With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an extraordinary living being” that is “continuously changing.” ...

Indian tectonic plate is splitting beneath the Himalayas, revealing a dramatic twist in Earth's tectonic history, scientists ...

"Scientists have long thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see in continents. “Our research shows this fingerprint existed in Earth’s ...

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics begin?

As asteroid mining becomes a reality, scientists are questioning whether extracting space minerals could alter Earth’s ...

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

Lithospheric dripping occurs when the underside of Earth's rocky crust is heated to a certain temperature. As the rock melts, a drop starts to form, eventually becoming weighty enough to break off and ...

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 ...

As the Earth's crust shifted and groaned over millions of years, something extraordinary happened beneath the surface. Deep ...