The earth beneath the Pacific Northwest is undergoing a transformation that scientists have never witnessed in real time.

In September 2025, scientists captured a phenomenon never before seen in real time: a tectonic plate actively tearing apart ...

Cratons are the most ancient, stable pieces of tectonic plates, but even these geological formations can change over time. A new study details how the North American plate is “dripping” into the ...

No one is exactly sure how the tectonic plates formed, but one theory posits that the were shattered from within by the ...

Learn how faults beneath the Earth's surface can heal themselves after slowly releasing stress from the movement of tectonic plates.

It's time to redraw the map of the world during the reign of the dinosaurs, two scientists say. Picture the U.S. West Coast as a torturous tectonic boundary, similar to Australia and Southeast Asia ...

Incredible footage of a unique experience snorkeling through "stunning" Caribbean-like waters has been captured in Iceland. Stephanie Michaud, a 31-year-old brand manager in Hermosa Beach, California, ...

The worst quake – a magnitude 6.4 that struck early Tuesday – killed at least one person. Tectonics in Puerto Rico are dominated by the convergence between the North America and Caribbean tectonic ...