Scientists in Australia and China believe the ocean is shrinking by around one inch per year, gradually pushing the tectonic ...

Many people envision Earth’s structure as a tidy, layered system: the thin crust on the surface, the thick mantle below, and ...

Scientists predict the Pacific Ocean will vanish in 200 million years, forming a new supercontinent named Amasia and ...

This has helped scientists investigate the plate tectonic cycle, i.e., the emergence and destruction of plates at Earth’s ...

The Central Anatolian Plateau, with its sweeping landscapes of high mountains and low-relief interiors, has puzzled ...

Now a team of quantum theorists from Spain have used numerical simulations to show that, on large scales, features of the classical world can emerge from a wide class of quantum systems.

A groundbreaking study has unveiled a global compilation of tectonic plate boundaries and geological provinces, presented in a vector shapefile format. This detailed model integrates interpretive ...

Today, the Denali Fault rips apart some of the North American plate, but it was once a place where tectonic plates came together. We finally know how a fault that gave rise to Denali, North ...

Ultimately, they rebel and break free. You, however, don’t have the privilege of absolute certainty that you’re not in a similar simulation. Unable to stage your own coup, you remain unaware ...