The Axial Seamount is located 300 miles off of the coast of Oregon. Researchers say it’s following patterns shown before its last eruption.

Smithsonian researchers trekked to a remote site in northern Canada to collect four-billion-year-old rock samples that could ...

“Our research suggests that a giant hot blob of rock from the core-mantle boundary is present beneath East Africa, it is driving the plates apart and propping up the Africa continent so it is hundreds ...

This gorgeous island in the middle of the Atlantic has been named the "Hawaii of Europe", but requires a flight to one of the ...

Vast, quasi-circular features on Venus's surface may reveal that the planet has ongoing tectonics, according to new research ...

Though perhaps not well known to the general public, Axial Seamount is considered a key window into Earth's geology. Axial is ...

This includes the movements of the Earth’s tectonic plates that result in the creation, destruction and rearrangement of the Earth’s crust and lithosphere. Uplift of the Gangdese arc in the ...

An unusual destination in the Caribbean that some call the "eighth wonder of the world" is a scientific marvel with life existing where it seems impossible.

As one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world, Chile has built up its preparedness for earthquakes and tsunamis spawned over the years by the tectonic plates clashing under the surface of ...

Variations in rock composition within oceanic plates influence their trajectory and subduction speed. These differences, inherited from ancient tectonic processes, play a key role in the dynamics of ...

Africa is slowly drifting apart along the East African Rift System, and researchers suspect this tectonic movement would create a new ocean. The mechanism, fueled by magma and moving plates, ...

The Ocean Observatories Initiative's Regional Cabled Array, a network of sensors spanning the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate, provides real-time data from 150 instruments, offering scientists a ...