Yet visualizations made possible with modern computing have given scientists an improved view of our planet's geologic future. As we learn more about the behavior of Earth's tectonic plates (upon ...

The Future of Earth’s Oceans and Ecosystems The cyclical nature of tidal energy, as linked to the movement of tectonic plates, has far-reaching implications for Earth’s future climate ...

Earth’s earliest crust may have looked a lot more like the continents we know today than scientists once believed. A recent ...

On Earth, these plate tectonics have intensified over billions ... Understanding the transition of tectonic states will be important for future studies of nearby moons and distant exoplanets.

The planet Earth has been around for 4.5 billion years ... churning magma eventually chilled out and developed a few small tectonic plates; a few billion years later or so the planet was bedecked ...

In plate tectonics, pancake-like chunks of brittle ... may lead to better hints of exoplanet geology in the near future. But Earth's close neighbors deserve scrutiny, too, said Craig O'Neill ...

A fascinating new study reveals how two of Earth’s established continents may constitute one whole landmass in itself.

One such team – looking at how tides are affected by the movement of tectonic plates – produced such a model showing a possible supercontinent in Earth's future. The simulation is by no means ...

In plate tectonics, pancake-like chunks of brittle ... may lead to better hints of exoplanet geology in the near future. But Earth's close neighbors deserve scrutiny, too, said Craig O'Neill ...

The research provides chemical evidence that plate tectonics was most ... to play a role in its future. But what was plate tectonic activity like during early Earth? And was the process even ...