The Earth's Crust Is Going through Massive Changes Under California at an Alarming Rate The crust of Earth constantly changes ...

Under the southern section of the mountain range, the lithosphere —the upper part of Earth's mantle and part of the crust — has already peeled away and sunk into the deeper mantle, according ...

As the process continued, the descending oceanic plate functions like an anchor, dragging down the Earth's crust and forming a vast depression that has accumulated millions of years' worth of ...

Recent research has uncovered evidence suggesting that Earth’s crust may be peeling away ... Similar processes may be occurring under other mountain ranges and continents around the world.

A new study in Nature Geoscience reveals insights about the Earth’s core. While we often learn about the inner and outer ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

Today, the upheavals of plate tectonics continually reshape Earth. When this began is much disputed - and we can’t fully understand how life began to thrive on our planet until we figure it out ...

Studying Earth’s core presents a unique challenge for scientists. Obviously, sending a field team to the core is out of the ...

The ocean plate was once the seafloor of Neotethys — an ocean that formed when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up into a ...