A hilly area surrounding the Zagros Mountains in Iraq is being pulled into the Earth. Understanding why could help predict ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But do other planets in the solar system have them too?

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

A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

Africa is dividing in two, and a new landmass and ocean may form sooner than expected. The change could alter the climate and ...

Santorini's earthquakes are intensifying as a rare earthquake swarm continues to rattle the Mediterranean's Aegean Sea. The ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an ...

Searcher Seismic’s geoscience head Neil Hodgson discusses blue-sky thinking, plate tectonics and contourites, ahead of key ...

The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, Harvard researchers think they have a good explanation for ...

Controversial Dutch researcher and seismologist Frank Hoogerbeets said on Monday that Greece is in volcanic and earthquake ...