From time to time, when Earth's tectonic plates shift, the planet emits a long, slow belch of carbon dioxide. In a new ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Earth surface is covered with rigid plates that move, crash into each other and dive into the planet's interior. But when did ...

Massive crustal plates shift, creating mountains, earthquakes, and volcanic activity. This process, known as plate tectonics, ...

And when did those plates start moving? It's an important question because plate tectonics seems to fuel the evolution and complexity of life. Surprisingly, geologists don't have a good answer for ...

But to find that complexity, we must take the lessons of the boring billion to heart. Planets are not just a stage on which ...

John Sclater, a geophysicist at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a member of the first wave of ...

India and China are neighbors that for centuries have disagreed over certain stretches of their shared borders. Indian commentators now suggest the countries' shared tectonic plates are moving ...

During its recent exploration of the crater rim, Perseverance diverted to explore a strange, scattered field of bright white ...