Around the Balkan Peninsula, the African plate is sinking beneath the European plate. A piece of deeply submerged African ...

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The dance of the continents has been reshaping Earth for billions of years, creating the landscapes we walk on today. Scientists are unlocking secrets about how plate tectonics forged our modern world ...

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Map of the Earth showing tectonic plates. Early Earth likely had no plate tectonics, but a solid outer crust with no tectonic activity covered the entire planet. After being broken up by convection ...

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A handful of ancient zircon crystals found in South Africa hold the oldest evidence of subduction, a key element of plate tectonics, according to a new study published in the open access journal AGU ...

A new study has confirmed a longstanding theory that Earth's crust tilted to the side, and eventually back again, around 84 million years ago. Most major geological events in Earth's recent history ...

Earth's surface is broken up into large plates that rub against each other, causing earthquakes, volcanoes and large mountain ranges. But how unique is our planet's geology? When you purchase through ...

New research suggests Earth's lithosphere is dripping rocks like lava lamps. The exquisitely preserved fossil indicates the large fish evolved in lockstep with the Earth itself. Webcam images showed a ...