Learn about the movement of tectonic plates off the coast of northern California, a process that could incite major ...

Research tracks deep carbon cycle over 540 million years, links icehouse and greenhouse phases to movement of tectonic plates ...

The tectonic plates under Africa and Asia are slowly drifting apart, as the Gulf of Suez that separates these two land masses continues to widen at a rate of about 0.26–0.55 millimeters per year.

An enduring question in geology is when Earth’s tectonic plates began pushing and pulling in a process that helped the planet evolve and shaped its continents into the ones that exist today. Some ...

Australia is on an inevitable path toward a collision with Asia, and the pace of this continental drift is happening faster than many might expect. According to Curtin University’s Professor ...

Instead of looking for evidence of tectonics on distant exoplanets, wouldn’t it be easier to look instead on Mercury? While not tidally locked, it experiences a very large temperature range of more ...