Imagine a world where the Americas were not connected—a time when wild Pacific waters crashed against scattered islands, and ...

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

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.

Lake sediment cores in Guatemala reveal directional ground shaking from the 1976 earthquake, offering rare insight into ...

Scientists believe that the motion of Earth's continents through plate tectonics has been largely steady over millions of years. New research, however, suggests this drift can speed up or slow down ...

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

The US-led global order as we have known it is gone. As the tectonic plates of geopolitics continue to shift beneath us, the challenge for Europe is to keep its institutions alive and prevent the ...

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

Their conversations made them realize that so many other Marathi moms across North America must be feeling the same sense of isolation, longing for a community where they could connect ...

These uninhabited volcanic isles host an impressive array of Arctic birds, including one of North America’s most enigmatic species: the McKay’s Bunting, which breeds only here. Last summer a team of ...

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown proto-microcontinent, the Davis Strait proto microcontinent, beneath the ...