Farallon slab linked to crust loss under Midwest, says seismic study Crust thinning traced to deep Farallon slab 660km below surface New seismic method shows Earth’s crust pulled like a funnel ...

A surprising new discovery suggests that the Indian Plate is splitting into two, with a portion of it sinking into the mantle ...

"The Bogor earthquake being accompanied by rumbling and booming sounds is a normal occurrence. All very shallow earthquakes ...

The Yellowstone region's Beartooth Mountains feature some of the most ancient rocks in North America — as old as 3.96 billion ...

In a time of heightened hostility toward “the other” — countries, immigrants, scientists and academics — Otobong Nkanga is ...

Research led by scientists at the University of Southampton, in collaboration with institutions from Canada and China, offers ...

North America is dripping—with sizable blobs of rock sinking from the underside of the continent, beneath the U.S. Midwest, ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...

These mostly forest-covered mountains hold a unique geologic structure, the Boulder Batholith ... “the richest hill on Earth.

Satellite images show effects of deadly 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar which has caused widespread devastation, with ...

A major 7.7 magnitude earthquake has struck Myanmar, causing damage and casualties across the country and in neighbouring Thailand. The quake happened in central Myanmar at a depth of 6.2 miles just ...