For decades, climate science has treated Earth’s shifting crust as a slow, distant backdrop to the drama of global warming.

First global map of mantle earthquakes reveals seismic activity far beneath continents, challenging old ideas about Earth’s ...

Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought.

A study of the East African Rift reveals that ancient heating and dehydration can strengthen continental crust, reshaping how and where continents break apart.

Learn how seismic waves helped identify rare mantle earthquakes deep below Earth’s crust, offering new insight into the ...

A study published in the Journal of African Earth Sciences sheds new light on the magnetic structure of the Afar region's crust and the process of the African continent's division.

Researchers at Kyoto University have proposed a new physical model that explores how disturbances in the ionosphere may exert ...

PCWorld reports that scientists discovered Earth’s inner core has slowed its rotation relative to the crust, even appearing to stop moving in a phenomenon that occurs every 35 years. This iron-nickel ...

The record-breaking mission offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the geology of our planet’s largest layer.

Researchers studying the deep biosphere, Earth’s largest ecosystem, have found evidence that life thriving miles below the ...

Precious metals may be escaping from the planet’s core. This hotly debated subject could help us understand Earth’s evolution and determine whether life exists elsewhere in the Universe ...