Vietnam's foreign ministry published a map defining its baseline claim in the Gulf of Tonkin, where it shares a maritime border with China, which it said on Friday was to help protect and enforce its ...

As Earth approaches warmer levels experienced earlier in its geologic history, it may be bad news for human survival.

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Mostly, the tremors experienced in Delhi from time to time are from earthquakes that originate elsewhere. Monday’s magnitude ...

A new ocean is forming in East Africa due to tectonic shifts, potentially reshaping the continent and altering global geography over millions of years.

Militaries that have taken power in Africa's Sahel region—notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger—have put pressure on western ...

Delhi region in northern India experiences frequent tremors due to both far-field and near-field earthquakes from the ...

The seismicity, or the frequency of earthquakes, around Delhi might be associated with the Delhi-Haridwar Ridge, a “major ...

Plate tectonics had arranged the world's continents into a single massive landmasses: Pangaea. Today I attempt to use my ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

NASA scientists used satellite measurements to map out local subsidence and uplift across the Golden State, which plays into ...

Under our feet, processes are occurring that could reshape the world map in the long run. Africa, although it seems like a ...