For decades, climate science has treated Earth’s shifting crust as a slow, distant backdrop to the drama of global warming.

First global map of mantle earthquakes reveals seismic activity far beneath continents, challenging old ideas about Earth’s ...

Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought.

Learn how seismic waves helped identify rare mantle earthquakes deep below Earth’s crust, offering new insight into the ...

A study of the East African Rift reveals that ancient heating and dehydration can strengthen continental crust, reshaping how and where continents break apart.

A study published in the Journal of African Earth Sciences sheds new light on the magnetic structure of the Afar region's crust and the process of the African continent's division.

Stanford researchers have created the first-ever global map of a rare earthquake type that occurs not in Earth's crust but in ...

The record-breaking mission offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the geology of our planet’s largest layer.

Researchers studying the deep biosphere, Earth’s largest ecosystem, have found evidence that life thriving miles below the ...

Precious metals may be escaping from the planet’s core. This hotly debated subject could help us understand Earth’s evolution and determine whether life exists elsewhere in the Universe ...