This week, researchers reported on nine rivers and lakes in the Americas that defy hydrologic expectations. Geologists report ...

After a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar and an 8.2 magnitude earthquake in Thailand, Bangladesh also felt a 4.5 magnitude ...

Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have found that parts of the North American continent are slowly “dripping” ...

What is the term for the movement of the Earth’s crust, resulting in the creation of mountains and volcanoes?

It’s long been thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see in ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we associate with modern continents. This means the telltale fingerprints of ...

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in blobs of rock.

Researchers have identified a section of ancient oceanic crust beneath the Midwest that is pulling present-day North American crust into the mantle.

New research suggests that Venus could be much more geologically active than previously thought. A groundbreaking study by ...

Little of America’s energy comes from geothermal sources, but that could change quickly.

THE football-sized asteroid that scientists initially feared could strike Earth is now on course to potentially crash into the Moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4, once dubbed a “city killer”, has an ...