An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the ...

An international research team has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the Zagros Mountains in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on how much the surface of the Earth has bent over the last ...

For millions of years, as the Arabian and Eurasian continental plates have drifted toward each other, the underground ancient ...

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

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?

ANOTHER WITHDRAWAL — President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the U.N. Human ...

While continental drifts take eons to fully effectuate, this ongoing split has experts concerned about its rapid progress.

Scientists analyzing seismic data from southern Tibet discovered that the Indian tectonic plate is fragmenting as it subducts ...

This is understandable, given knowledge about the Earth’s tectonic plates was formed during a period when we also discovered fossil fuel reserves offshore from continental shelves. Most ...