Using information from inside the rocks on Earth's surface, we have reconstructed the plate tectonics of the planet ... which ...

Researchers in China and Australia have created an animation that details ... initiatives that dig into Earth's history, geologic periods, and hidden tectonic plates.

Scotese studies how plate tectonics and a warming climate will change Earth's appearance in the future, and he has made multiple animated maps based from his research. For more animations from ...

The Earth's plates jostle about ... stems from the interplay where the plates meet or divide. The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates ...

The Earth is made up of different layers: Therefore, instead of tectonic plates moving because of the convection currents, evidence suggests it is the plates that drive the convection. Slab pull ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But do other planets in the solar system have them too?

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

Scientists have discovered hidden treasures in the Earth's mantle. Hidden deep within Earth's mantle are two colossal ...