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

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

The earthquake, which occurred along the Sagaing Fault, is attributed to the movement of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) in ...

and then all of a sudden the rock plates will jump," triggering shaking that causes an earthquake, Steckler said. Earthquakes typically occur along edges of tectonic plates. But their impacts may ...

First of all, a quick explanation of what an earthquake ... with a jigsaw-like crust on the outside that is made up of constantly shifting tectonic plates. This movement of the plates on the ...

Hamdan Ballal, who won an Oscar for No Other Land about Palestinians under Israeli occupation, was attacked by Israeli settlers and later detained by Israeli security forces, his lawyer tells NPR.

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Afghanistan sits on numerous fault lines between the Indian and the Eurasian tectonic plates, with a fault line also running directly through Herat. When earthquakes strike, their magnitude is ...

At the confluence of multiple tectonic plates, on the Pacific Ring of Fire, sits the West Coast of the United States, where the Cascade mountains in Oregon and Washington are dotted with active ...