When plate tectonics first emerged on Earth is still debated. A new study provides evidence that subduction and ...

The research supports the argument that Venus’ tectonics are active today, he says. What’s more, the demonstrated ability of computer simulations to predict what spacecraft may observe will be a boon ...

Educators of all types and backgrounds are encouraged to attend the special full-day Ripple Effect Environmental Literacy ...

Certain parts of South Africa are experiencing a phenomenon where its land is rising by up to two millimeters annually.

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Compositional signatures of subducted crust in the deep-mantle sources of ocean island volcanoes in the Atlantic Ocean but not the Pacific reveal that plate motions on Earth's surface influence the ...

First detected in 2015, gravitational waves may not have had a direct hand in human evolution, but it certainly helped set ...

It appears that the lithosphere, which is the rocks on the outside of the world, has a pretty significant role to play in why ...

This course covers the structural evolution of sedimentary basins, from plate-scale tectonic processes to the development of individual faults. Students utilize seismic data and field mapping ...

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