A new study does the difficult task of trying to piece together the history of the world’s largest subduction zone.

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

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In Japan, swarms of earthquakes are fueling a dip in tourism and a viral panic over predictions of the next 'big one' ...

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world's most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

New research reveals that only the oldest and fastest-sinking oceanic plates can transport water deep into Earth’s mantle, ...

EIA study for Great Nicobar Infrastructure Project downplays earthquake risk despite scientific concerns, highlighting ...