Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics ...

With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an ...

New research reveals a surprising link between the ancient tectonic history of oceanic plates and their fate as they subduct ...

New findings provide a greater understanding of plate subduction, or how tectonic plates slide beneath one another. This recycling of surface materials and volatile elements deep into the Earth's ...

Stories at the Crossroads of People and Nature," David B. Williams slows down and takes a close look at Seattle.

Recent findings reveal that theIndian Plate is splitting into two, a phenomenon that could reshape the region’s geological ...

Such plate tectonics have left unique chemical signatures in the crust over millennia. In fact, scientists have understood the history of plate tectonics by studying these signatures. A new study ...

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using ...

Science is advancing and with it, fascinating and unique things are being discovered, as has happened in the Pacific Ocean. A group of researchers from ETH Zurich and the Californi ...

Peter R. Orszag, the C.E.O. of Lazard, discusses how markets are reacting to the uncertainty of Trump’s tariffs.