An underwater volcano in the Pacific, Axial Seamount, reveals a process that could challenge current theories about the Earth ...

ESA satellites detected a dramatic reversal in Earth’s molten core flow beneath the Pacific, revealing unexpected changes ...

Picture the Earth’s crust and you most probably think of dense, dry rock. You don’t imagine a goey, honey-like substance trickling down into the planet’s deep underbelly. And yet, new research has ...

Scientists discovered how Earth recycles continents deep underground, shaping the unusual rocks found in ancient mountain ...

(CNN) — The puzzle pieces of Earth’s rocky crust are slowly and steadily moving — a process known as plate tectonics. These dynamic movements helped to create the habitats and climate that fostered ...

A massive geological fracture running through East Africa is pulling the continent in two, and the process is moving faster than researchers previously understood. Scientists now have direct evidence ...

Earth's surface is a turbulent place. Mountains rise, continents merge and split, and earthquakes shake the ground. All of these processes result from plate tectonics, the movement of enormous chunks ...

Stable parts of the Earth's crust may not be as immovable as previously thought. While much of the crust is affected by plate tectonic activity, certain more stable portions have remained unchanged ...

Movement of the crust isn’t the only factor shaping Earth’s topography. Credit: Nachoman-au via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Movement of the crust isn’t the only factor shaping Earth’s topography.

The Earth is made of different layers: the core, mantle and crust. Plate tectonic theory shows that the crust of the Earth is split into plates (pieces of the Earth’s crust). The movement of these ...

The plate tectonics that cause earthquakes, build mountains and split continents may have started when Earth was in its infancy, new research finds — significantly earlier than many scientists ...