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 ...

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In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as ...

Understanding plate tectonics is key to grasping how the Earth’s geology works and how oceans and continents came to be.

This 2022 satellite photo shows the summit of "one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes," Mount Vesuvius, peering up ...

Scientists have discovered massive structures deep inside Earth, beneath Africa and the Pacific Ocean. These structures are ...

The Maine Geological Survey reported a magnitude 2.1 quake on Dec. 9, 2024, 4 miles north of Upton, but noted that there were ...

Earth's five oceans were formed by the constant movement of tectonic plates beneath us, and the same process is already ...

Africa has been gradually splitting into two, slowly creating what will be a new ocean. While we first learned about this two ...

Deep within Earth’s mantle lie two enormous regions, often referred to as "islands," which are the size of continents.

Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday raised concerns about China’s plan to construct the largest hydropower dam in ...