It has vast water oceans and abundant life. But Earth is also unique because it is the only planet with plate tectonics, which shaped its geology, climate and possibly influenced the evolution of ...

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 ...

Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth, may be a tiny bit taller tomorrow than it is today. These convergent boundaries also occur where a plate of ocean dives, in a process called subduction ...

Sinking in one place leads to plates moving apart in other places. The movement of the plates and the activity inside the Earth, is called the theory of plate tectonics.

A boundary where the plates slide past one another without moving towards or away from each other. If the plates move a significant distance very suddenly, this causes an earthquake. There are no ...

Where the Earth's tectonic plates meet ... and at strike-slip boundaries plates slide past each other. But none of these plate boundaries are static; instead, they change constantly and evolve ...

and mountain building occurs at plate boundaries. It is also where most of the people on Earth live. In this lesson, students use scientific data to learn how the scientific process works.

Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, ...

With the help of complex computer models, it is possible to investigate the processes in the Earth's interior and understand their properties. The questions we are investigating in Münster are as ...

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...