The break up of the supercontinent Nuna transformed the Earth’s surface, creating shallow marine habitats that may have given ...

Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is often called the cradle of humankind. Home to some of the earliest hominids, its fossil-rich basin has helped scientists piece together the story of human evolution.

A deep fracture in Earth's mantle is taking shape as the Indian and Eurasian plates collide and trigger a process called ...

The dance of the continents has been reshaping Earth for billions of years, creating the landscapes we walk on today. Scientists are unlocking secrets about how plate tectonics forged our modern world ...

For decades, the end-stage life of a subduction zone existed only in theory. Now, for the first time in geologic history, scientists are bearing witness to the Juan de Fuca Plate tearing apart and ...

New research reveals that Earth’s so-called “Boring Billion” was a time of dramatic change beneath the surface.

Scientists have long been observing how something, silently, beneath the ocean, is breaking apart. For the first time in ...

Explore the evolving rare earth hypothesis, highlighting new findings on habitability and the conditions for complex life on ...

Researchers have uncovered how climate-driven changes in lake levels influence fault activity and magma production in East Africa's Rift Valley. The research reveals a dynamic and interconnected ...

All complex life on Earth may be the result of plate tectonics tearing apart the ancient supercontinent Nuna 1.5 billion ...

Research reveals continents "peel" from below, feeding enriched material into the oceanic mantle, explaining why ocean ...

Many oceanic islands far from active plate tectonic boundaries contain materials that clearly originate from continents, even though they are located ...