NASA's recent analysis of Magellan spacecraft data suggests Venus may possess a dynamic surface, challenging the long-held ...

Scotese studies how plate tectonics and a warming climate will change Earth's appearance in the future, and he has made multiple animated maps based from his research. For more animations from ...

It has vast water oceans and abundant life. But Earth is also unique because it is the only planet with plate tectonics, which shaped its geology, climate and possibly influenced the evolution of ...

A part of Northern Africa is slowly splitting apart from the rest of the continent and may eventually create a whole new ...

As the last Ice Age came to an end nearly 10,000 years ago, something unexpected happened deep beneath Earth’s surface. Large ...

Scientists tracking tectonic activity along the East African Rift say the continent is slowly splitting apart, People ...

The continents are carried by the Earth's tectonic plates like people on an escalator. There are currently 7 giant plates sliding across the Earth's surface, and a handful of smaller ones.

including those that don't have plate tectonics or volcanoes, as well as planets that don't experience quakes, providing valuable data for future exploration," he said. Study co-author and ANU ...