Most earthquakes are caused by the movements of tectonic plates. Sometimes, tectonic plates move very slowly — at the rate your fingernails grow — without causing the ground to shake. But sometimes, ...

Tectonic plates move, causing strain energy to build up, and that energy eventually releases in the form of an earthquake. As ...

The plates fit together like jigsaw puzzle pieces far beneath our feet. Tectonic plates move - usually very slowly - and this broke Pangaea up into separate parts, eventually creating the ...

The continents of Asia and Australia are on the verge of collision. It will occur sooner than you anticipate. And it’s moving ...

Incorporating solar activity predictions into detailed Earth temperature models may improve seismic forecasts and save lives.

Today, the upheavals of plate tectonics continually reshape Earth. When this began is much disputed - and we can’t fully ...

In the journal Chaos, researchers in Japan explore the likelihood that Earth’s climate, as affected by solar heat, plays a role in seismic activity. Using mathematical and computational methods, they ...

Layers of lava build up over time, creating volcanoes. Tectonic plates are key. They are large pieces of the Earth’s crust which can move towards, away from, or alongside one another ...

Plate tectonics raise mountains, while erosion—driven by glaciers, rain and ... A new study has revealed that two continent-sized regions in Earth's deep mantle have distinctive histories and ...