Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory ...

New study reveals that Earth's inner core is undergoing unexpected structural changes, challenging long-held assumptions ...

Iraq is sinking. Or, to be exact, the region surrounding the Zagros Mountains in the country’s north is. A team of ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could transform our understanding of plate tectonics.

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...

New research suggests that Earth's inner core, long believed to be stable, may be undergoing structural changes, including a ...

The Earth's mantle, the layer between the crust and the core, is the stage for slow but powerful movements. These movements, called convection, are responsible for plate tectonics. Oceanic plates, ...

Around them were “slab graveyards” of sunken tectonic plates, Deuss said ... or movement of materials in that layer due to heat transfer. “Our study points to the LLSVPs being long-lived ...

Himalayan salts have intrigued people for centuries, and today, these naturally beautiful crystals continue to be celebrated ...