Under our feet, processes are occurring that could reshape the world map in the long run. Africa, although it seems like a ...

Under our feet, processes are occurring that could reshape the world map in the long run. Africa, although it seems like a ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

Tourists have left, schools are closed. Santorini, source of 2% of the Greece GDP, has been evacuated. There has been continuous shaking for two weeks. The epicentre is 20 km from Santorini and ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 shook the Caribbean Sea, impacting Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the British Virgin Islands ...

The tsunami scare on Saturday raises the question of how much of a risk do tsunamis pose for the Cayman Islands?

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

A tectonic plate, also known as a lithospheric plate, is an immense, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, typically composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere. The size of these plates ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

As a result of movement from the East African Rift, an active tectonic plate running through multiple countries including Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, and others, a large portion of Africa ...

NASA scientists used satellite measurements to map out local subsidence and uplift across the Golden State, which plays into ...

But that changed in 2007, when tectonic-plate movements caused the Mababe River to start flowing again, eventually creating a 6,400-acre wetland. Formerly animals visited the area for seasonal ...