The dance of the continents has been reshaping Earth for billions of years, creating the landscapes we walk on today. Scientists are unlocking secrets about how plate tectonics forged our modern world ...

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 ...

Today, the Denali Fault rips apart some of the North American plate, but it was once a place where tectonic plates came together. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A controversial new study suggests our geography textbooks should be rewritten. Since we were young, we’ve learned that Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Oceania, Europe, North America and South America make ...

Scientists think there are about 1,350 potentially active volcanoes in the world. That’s not counting some of the ones on the ...

The tectonic plates are among the most powerful forces on Earth, exerting tremendous influence over every single life that unfolds on this planet. They are both creators and destroyers, capable of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — At the boundaries between tectonic plates, narrow rifts can form as Earth’s crust slowly pulls apart. But how, exactly, does this rifting happen? Does pressure from magma rising from ...

Map of Earth's principal tectonic plates. Earth's lithosphere. Major and minor plates. arrows indicate direction of movement at plate boundaries. Vector illustration. Billions of years ago, Earth's ...