Scientists from Utrecht University have discovered two enormous structures deep in Earth's mantle, suggesting that these ...

Beneath our feet, hundreds of kilometers deep, lies an invisible yet essential world: the Earth's mantle. For a long time, ...

A University of Derby study led by Dr. Phethean proposes Earth has six continents, not seven. Using advanced geological ...

New research suggests Earth may have six continents, not seven, with North America and Europe still connected.

Geophysicists find areas that resemble the results of tectonic plate collisions — far from any area of such activity.

Under the Pacific Ocean, hidden material was discovered in Earth’s mantle. So we have sunken, ancient worlds down there, and ...

"The same physical process will take place in both cases — the explosive spring of the bent plates will release in the same ...

The mantle of the Earth, up to 1,800 miles (2,900 kms) thick and 84% of the Earth's volume, was assumed to be a simple ...

Researchers have discovered evidence suggesting that the Indian tectonic ... plate is undergoing a process known as “delamination.” This means that the denser lower portion of the plate is detaching ...

Japan experiences earthquakes due to the interactions of four tectonic plates — the Pacific Plate, the Philippine Sea Plate, the Okhotsk Plate and the Eurasian Plate. Why are there so many volcanoes ...

The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants of submerged plates will be found near subduction zones. However, a new high-resolution model shows that these remnants ...