Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...

Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies ...

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

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

The North American continent is "dripping" rock into the lower layers of the Earth, new research says, and in the process ...

Deep beneath the surface of our planet, from the Himalayas to East Africa and from the Atlantic seafloor to the Indian Ocean, ...

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

In an article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ...

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

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