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

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

As asteroid mining becomes a reality, scientists are questioning whether extracting space minerals could alter Earth’s ...

The 28 March magnitude 7.7 Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) earthquake caused widespread and severe damage in Myanmar and neighboring countries such as Thailand, with more than 5,000 casualties now ...

Previously, Japanese authorities had estimated that the megaquake could cause damages worth $1.4 trillion. A megaquake is an ...

Indian tectonic plate is splitting beneath the Himalayas, revealing a dramatic twist in Earth's tectonic history, scientists ...

Scientists have discovered an unusually thick mantle transition zone beneath the Lesser Antilles. This discovery sheds new light on how oceanic plates sink into the Earth's mantle. Variations ...

Sink or Swim: The fate of sinking tectonic plates depends on their ancient tectonic histories. ScienceDaily . Retrieved April 19, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 04 ...

"It's wild to think that in some ways tectonic plates have a 'memory' and that affects the way the plates drive mantle convection and mix material back into Earth," said Dr. Nick Harmon ...

Image: A building is damaged after the earthquake hit in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Pic: AP Over decades, as the plates grind past each other, tension builds up in the subsurface rock. Such strike-slip ...