A study on tectonic plates that converge on the Tibetan Plateau has shown that Earth's fault lines are far weaker and the ...

A rough diamond unearthed in Botswana in the final quarter of 2025 has drawn sustained attention from geoscientists and ...

The study, led by U of A geophysicist graduate Songyun Huang and professor of geophysics Jeff Gu, uses seismic data from ...

BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have for the first time discovered natural hydrogen sealed within microscopic inclusions in Qinghai-Xizang Plateau ophiolites, according to the Chinese ...

Antigorite is the dominant serpentine mineral in serpentinite, a key target mineral for investigating the physical properties ...

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

All around the world, from the Red Sea to the deep ocean ridges of the Atlantic, lurk more than a dozen geological misfits.

Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought. New research led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has ...

The leaders who succeed in 2026 won’t be the ones chasing trends or haphazardly implementing new technologies. Here’s what to ...

National parks bring a plethora of beauty for all to enjoy year-round, but not without the risk of rockfall at some popular ...

It turns out that continental breakups are just as messy as human ones, with the events leaving fragments scattered far from home ...

Earth's surface is covered by more than a dozen tectonic plates, and in subduction zones around the world—including the Japanese Islands—plates ...