Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On February 20, 1943, Dionisio Pulido and his family were working in their ...

Scientists have long believed that subducted oceanic crust mixes and dissolves relatively quickly within ... The East Pacific Rise’s sunken seafloor is a striking example of the forces shaping Earth ...

Giant creatures evolve beneath the ocean's surface. Their discovery changes our perception of underwater life. At depths of over 8,200 feet (2,500 meters), scientists have uncovered a universe teeming ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life.

Oceanic crust is one of the largest potential habitats for life on earth, with implications for global biogeochemical cycles. However, our understanding of the microbiology of this system has ...

"We can see that oceanic crust is starting to form because it’s distinctly different from continental crust in its composition and density," Moore said.

From deadly earthquakes to beautiful mountain ranges, IE walks you through how convergent plate boundaries give rise to significant geological events.

The chemical composition of orogenic igneous rocks and their zircons is sensitive to crustal thickness and can be used to quantify the evolution of Moho depths beneath continents back in time.

The Earth is covered by two kinds of crust — continental and oceanic. The thinner oceanic crust is normally a little more than four miles thick, while the thicker continental crust is often as much as ...