Researchers re-created the conditions deep inside the Cascadia subduction zone and found that fractured rocks can repair ...

Why do some earthquakes release more energy than others? A research team led by Prof. Dr. Armin Dielforder from the ...

Like a moth in a cocoon, the metamorphosis of Earth's crust from molten goop to solid land is hidden from view, leaving scientists to guess at how the eons-long process unfolds. Using nearly four ...

Deep inside Earth, far below the crust and mantle we learn about in school, scientists are mapping strange, continent-sized ...

A new study shows that climate shapes the land and can change where earthquakes happen and when volcanoes erupt.

We tend to think earthquakes are predominantly driven by deep-Earth forces. But in Kenya’s Lake Turkana Rift, researchers ...

New global stress map reveals areas where the Earth's crust is on the verge of collapse, doubling the data and changing earthquake management ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Fault lines are fractures or breaks in the Earth's crust where tectonic plates move past each other, often resulting in earthquakes. These geological features are classified into three ...

A deep, rhythmic pulse has been found surging like a heartbeat deep under Africa. At the Afar triple junction under Ethiopia, where three tectonic plates meet, molten magma pounds the planet's crust ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." To understand the mantle—the largest layer of Earth’s rocky body—scientists drill deep cores out of the ...

By studying ancient lava flows that fractured over Turkey’s Tuz Gölü Fault, researchers at Curtin University have uncovered new evidence of how continents slowly tear apart. Studying ancient lava flow ...