For millions of years, it was believed to have been completely consumed by subduction, the process in which one tectonic plate sinks beneath another into the mantle. But traces of its existence ...

This discovery sheds new light on how oceanic plates sink into the Earth's mantle. Variations in rock composition within oceanic plates influence their trajectory and subduction speed. These ...

Taiwanese companies would be “critical” in order to meet US President Donald Trump’s goal of reindustrializing the US, American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Raymond Greene said on Sunday. Greene ...

Variations in rock composition within oceanic plates influence their trajectory and subduction speed. These differences, inherited from ancient tectonic processes, play a key role in the dynamics ...

Keen observers would see the emblem of the Holy See, one of Taiwan’s 12 so-called “diplomatic allies.” Unlike Taipei’s other embassies and quasi-consulates, no national flag flies there, nor is there ...

The leaders of Taiwan’s two main opposition parties will hold an emergency summit on Tuesday to confront what they call a deepening political crackdown by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party ...

When faults where tectonic plates meet slip fast past each other, earthquakes result. Tremors are produced when this happens slowly, usually tens of miles underground—often in subduction zones ...

Civil groups in Taiwan, have launched a protest on Saturday in Taipei against Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party authorities' "dictatorship". [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Civil groups ...