The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

New research has uncovered a fascinating link between volcanic eruptions and mysterious structures deep within Earth’s ...

New research traces the origins of Earth’s most powerful volcanic eruptions to mysterious continent-sized structures deep ...

New research suggests that mysterious blobs deep within Earth could be the driving force behind deadly volcanic eruptions.

Their findings, published in the scientific journal Chaos, reveal surprising connections between solar heat, Earth's temperature, and seismic activity. Sunspots are dark patches on the sun caused ...

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

“We find that both exhibit strong linearly increasing trends, coupled with a large surge in magnitude between 330 and 220 ...

Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even ...

The Earth’s crust consists of large tectonic plates, massive slabs of rock moving slowly but constantly. When these p Heat from the sun triggers earthquake activity on Earth ...