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

The deep roots of Earth's oldest continents have long been thought to be unshakable. But a new seismic discovery suggests that even these stable landmasses can change. Beneath the center of North ...

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

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

Despite being tied together beneath the surface, these regions diverge sharply above it. Iceland and the Azores are ...

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

This hidden geological layer, located between 254 and 410 miles (410 and 660 kilometers) beneath the Earth’s surface, covers ...

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

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

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.

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a ...