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

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

When the tectonic subduction zone beneath the Pacific Northwest moves, it does so in dramatic fashion. Not only is ground ...

This story is a part of Understanding Southern Colorado's Groundwater, an occasional series from KRCC about groundwater ...

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

At least 69 people have been killed and dozens injured after a powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the central ...

A new study reveals that the Red Sea completely evaporated and then returned to full capacity approximately 6.2 million years ...

Two earthquakes were recorded in Pakistan over the last seven days, triggering speculations about Islamabad allegedly ...