Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

New Mexico geologist and author Magdalena Sandoval Donahue discusses the interesting geology of the Santa Fe National Forest ...

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

Leka, a 500-million-year-old geological wonder in Trøndelag, offers a unique travel experience. Explore the island's dramatic ...

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

A plume of molten rock rising from the depths of the Earth in heartbeat-like pulses is slowly tearing Africa apart—and will ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

On Earth, plate tectonics allows the recycling of the crust into the mantle, regulating its thickness. This process, called subduction, is absent on Venus. Yet, Venus' crust does not exceed 40 miles ...

"It resets the playing field for how the geology, crust and atmosphere on Venus work together." Venus, often written off as a geologically dead world, is far more active beneath its blistering ...

The film explores the dynamic nature of Earth's crust, detailing how it has evolved over billions of years. Initially formed from molten rock, the crust cools and hardens, leading to the creation ...