Memorizing seven continents feels settled, like learning the alphabet. A new study argues the ground rules are less tidy.

Invisible earthquakes are revealing a hidden tectonic puzzle beneath California’s most dangerous fault zone.

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Seismologists have discovered hidden faults at the Mendocino Triple Junction by tracking tiny earthquakes using a new ...

A dynamic Earth beneath a 'boring' surface Between 1.8 and 0.8 billion years ago, Earth's continents assembled and broke apart twice, first forming Nuna, then Rodinia. Using a new plate tectonic model ...

This groundbreaking research offers a comprehensive reconstruction of Earth’s tectonic evolution from 1.8 Ga to the present, bridging critical gaps in pre-Pangean plate dynamics. By merging three ...

A new study introduces a novel way for tectonic plates — massive sheets of rock that jostle for position in the Earth’s crust and upper mantle — to bend and sink. It’s a bit of planetary Pilates that ...

Scientists have come up with a new classification scheme for mountain belts that uses just a single number to describe whether the elevation of the mountain belt is controlled mainly by weathering and ...