This video explores what Earth could look like hundreds of millions of years into the future as continents drift and collide once again. Using plate tectonics, climatology, and paleogeographic models, ...

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

Deep inside Earth lies a hidden world of "intraterrestrials" that have been dormant for hundreds of thousands of years — what ...

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

Great things can come from failure when it comes to geology. The Midcontinent rift formed about 1.1 billion years ago and ...

A switch from a humid to a dry climate has led the Eastern African Rift Zone to pull apart more freely, new research finds.

The Mendocino Triple Junction off the coast of Northern California is the point where three tectonic plates meet. A new study reveals at least five moving pieces deep below the Earth's surface make up ...

A giant underwater canyon system in the Atlantic appears to have formed through tectonic forces rather than erosion.

Astrobiologists propose that alien civilizations need accessible coal deposits to industrialize exoplanets and become detectable from Earth.

As good as all the issues are, January 2026 was one of the best. In a time of impermanence in our national values and principles, it’s refreshing to read such good articles about things — rocks, in ...

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

In films featuring mermaids, bioluminescent organisms and decommissioned military and energy sites, the artist’s work swirls with posthuman mythologies ...