The deep roots of Earth's oldest continents have long been thought to be unshakable. But a new seismic discovery suggests that even these stable landmasses can change. Beneath the center of North ...

Peter R. Orszag, the C.E.O. of Lazard, discusses how markets are reacting to the uncertainty of Trump’s tariffs.

Despite being tied together beneath the surface, these regions diverge sharply above it. Iceland and the Azores are ...

This hidden geological layer, located between 254 and 410 miles (410 and 660 kilometers) beneath the Earth’s surface, covers ...

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using ...

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

GREENWATER, Wash. — A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck western Washington Sunday morning, according to the U.S. Geological ...

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...

The colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic ...