Within just a few million years, the continental plates begin to bend and squish toward each other. Around 200 million years ...

Earth's magnetic field and oxygen levels have increased more or less in parallel over the past 540 million years, suggesting the two factors are linked in some way, researchers say.

Iron ore deposits are about 1.3 billion years younger than previously believed, reshaping both scientific thinking and mining ...

Imagine discovering a set of footprints on a remote beach, only to later find an identical set thousands of miles away. This is exactly what happened to a team of paleontologists, who uncovered ...

But as our climate changes and plate movement picks up, could we be in danger of the reverse occurring, with the ...

Here's What'll Happen When Plate Tectonics Grinds to a Halt. A new study says we may only have another 1.45 billion years to enjoy the dynamic action of Earth’s geologic engine.

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world's most devastating earthquakes and ...

A plume of molten rock rising from the depths of the Earth in heartbeat-like pulses is slowly tearing Africa apart—and will ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and ...

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