These results underscore the role that rock strength plays in crafting landscapes like the Rockies or the Great Plains; while ...

For millions of years, Earth’s shifting plates have shaped continents, formed oceans, and built towering mountain ranges. But ...

Earth’s surface is constantly shifting, shaped by the slow but powerful movement of tectonic plates. While some plates have ...

At first glance, landscapes like the Great Plains and the Rockies may seem unchanging, but over geological time scales, ...

This study out of the University of Houston points to a new theory that as North America began to split away, the Great Lakes ...

Researchers say they have found "unequivocal evidence" that a meteorite smashed into Earth 3.47 billion years ago, ...

“Almost all earthquakes happen here, too." The Ring of Fire is the result of plate tectonics − giant moving slabs of rock millions of square miles across that can collide with or pull away from one ...

A breakthrough study has provided the most detailed 3D look yet at the inner workings of the Tonga Subduction Zone, where ...

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The Nevada State Museum in Carson City unveiled a new exhibit last week that highlights the state’s ...