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

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

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

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

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

Stanford researchers have created the first-ever global map of a rare earthquake type that occurs not in Earth's crust but in ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The view from the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. - Jonathan O’Neil A rocky outcrop in a remote corner of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: What are now thought to be the oldest rocks on Earth have been ...

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

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 ...