A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun ...

In September 2025, scientists captured a phenomenon never before seen in real time: a tectonic plate actively tearing apart ...

Geologists have uncovered troubling evidence that India’s tectonic plate is tearing apart beneath Tibet, signaling potential massive geological changes ahead.

The Indonesian coast was struck by four earthquakes over the past 24 hours, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Dozens of earthquakes struck near Japan on Monday following a cluster of seismic activity that rocked the area over the ...

Tulane University researchers have discovered why some regions of Earth’s crust remain strong while others give way, challenging long-held ideas about how continents break apart. The study, published ...

Earth’s eighth continent, Zealandia, has been largely unrecognized and “missing” from maps for 375 years. This mostly underwater landmass, spanning about 4.9 million square kilometers, challenges ...

Twenty-five years ago, just as it was 125 years ago, you could draw the map blindfolded. Whisky meant Scotch, American ...

Had one hoped to leave a time capsule for today’s Bostonians in the Permian period 250 million years ago, much less the Pliocene epoch four million years ago , they would have been completely, utterly ...

UB earth sciences students develop valuable fieldwork skills during a trip to New Hampshire to study igneous rocks and volcanic landscapes.

Submarine canyons form in places where the seafloor is steepest, redefining how sediments and carbon travel to the depths of ...