Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing "icehouse" periods ...

In 1987, a worker lit a cigarette by a new water well near the village of Bourakebougou in Mali. But as he did, an explosion reverberated inside the well. We now know this was due to previously ...

Far beneath central Turkey, a dense slab of rock is peeling away from the bottom of the continent and sinking into the mantle ...

Continental clues: Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet’s history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics. Researchers have made a new ...

Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust above it to "drip" and suck down rocks from across the continent. When you ...