Today, the upheavals of plate tectonics continually reshape Earth. When this began is much disputed - and we can’t fully ...

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Yellowstone and Hawaiʻi. These systems a well known for producing large volumes of magma through time and leaving chains of ...

To predict quakes, scientists have to understand how they occur, what happens just before and during the start of one, and ...

When plates come together at convergent boundaries, they often slide under each other, which is called subduction. All of these movements can cause earthquakes. Earthquakes can build mountains or tear ...

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Accurate assessment of the land surface damage (such as small-scale fracturing and inelastic deformation) from two major earthquakes in 2023 can help scientists assess future earthquake hazards ...

Scientists have issued a warning about the 'world's fastest' continent that is one day set to 'crash into' Asia ...

A new ocean is forming in East Africa due to tectonic shifts, potentially reshaping the continent and altering global geography over millions of years.