Carbon released from Earth's spreading tectonic plates, not volcanoes, may have triggered major transitions between ancient ...

New research challenges conventional wisdom by demonstrating that mid-ocean ridges and continental rifts, not volcanic ...

By tracking swarms of very small earthquakes, seismologists are getting a new picture of the complex region where the San Andreas fault meets the Cascadia subduction zone, an area that could give rise ...

Scientists are uncovering a hidden and surprisingly complex earthquake zone beneath Northern California by tracking swarms of ...

Researchers developed ShapKAN, a deep learning model integrated into the AI4Min-PE platform ( enabling instant prediction and ...

UnsplashCarbon released from Earth's spreading tectonic plates, not volcanoes, may have triggered major transitions ...

New research reveals that Central Asia’s rugged terrain was molded by the vanished Tethys Ocean, millions of years before the Himalayas even rose.

The Iberian Peninsula is undergoing a slow but measurable clockwise rotation, driven by tectonic forces far beneath the surface.

Northern California’s coast keeps you on alert, even on quiet days. Offshore, three tectonic plates meet near Humboldt County ...

At this junction, the Pacific Plate moves northwest against the North American Plate, forming the San Andreas Fault, while the Gorda Plate subducts beneath the North American Plate. However, the ...