Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

When astronauts returned from NASA's final Apollo moon mission in 1972, some of the samples they collected were sealed and ...

With unprecedented clarity, scientists have directly observed a subduction zone—the collision point where one tectonic plate ...

A new study suggests that, without plate tectonics and the right balance of carbon dioxide and oxygen, advanced alien ...

Human water management contributes to sinking land across the globe, and it may also be responsible for an unexpected rise ...

A subduction zone breaking apart was caught in real time, showing how Earth’s tectonic plates die, detach, and reshape the ...

China is moving ahead with plans to construct the world’s largest hydropower dam on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo ...

Some fifty million years ago tectonic plates crashed and the Himalayas were pushed upwards. The seabed transformed into still ...

In Jezero Crater’s Bright Angel formation, Perseverance has found rocks rich in organic molecules and minerals linked to ...

From drones to data to discovery, geology is high-tech. OHIO’s online MS in Geological Sciences gives professionals and ...

The models can help local authorities and communities by evaluating the potential for collapse long before ground may give ...