Shrinking lakes in Tibet likely woke up long-dormant tectonic faults, a new study finds. The findings strengthen the link ...

Learn how seismic waves helped identify rare mantle earthquakes deep below Earth’s crust, offering new insight into the ...

First global map of mantle earthquakes reveals seismic activity far beneath continents, challenging old ideas about Earth’s ...

The record-breaking mission offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the geology of our planet’s largest layer.

Beneath the American Midwest, on the continent of North America, the underside of Earth's crust is dripping into the planetary interior. There, blobs of molten rock are coalescing in the upper mantle ...

Strange features of a collision point between pieces of Earth's crust are evidence that the structure may be nearing its end, new analysis suggests. A careful analysis of the complex boundary where ...

Stanford scientists have developed a new method for identifying rare earthquakes in the Earth’s upper mantle, under the ...

What would happen if the Earth's crust was opening up?

Tiny zircon crystals are revealing that Earth’s earliest history may have included surprisingly complex tectonic activity.

Continental clues: Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet’s history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics. Researchers have made a new ...