Several times since the age of dinosaurs, the solid part of our planet has rolled over, drowning some continents and lifting ...

The ongoing formation of the Apennine mountain range has been a mystery for years, but scientists are starting to piece ...

A chunk of the Earth's crust is missing and scientists have discovered where it is ...

Earth's poles do not always stay in the same place. For example, a region once near the North Pole can end up near the equator, and an area near the equator can shift up toward the pole. This is known ...

Earth's crust unzipping beneath Italy may explain seismic activity in the Apennine Mountains.

Scientists have captured a subduction zone off Vancouver Island in the process of tearing itself apart, revealing that these ...

Geoscientists have made an unprecedented achievement on their 60-year quest to know more about Earth's mysterious depths. Pieces of Earth’s rocky mantle were collected by a drilling vessel called the ...

Billion-Year-Old Zircons Tell the Story of the Earliest CrustAbout 160 million years have passed since the birth of the Earth ...

Extending some 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) along the length of Italy, the Apennine Mountains present a challenging puzzle for geologists. In some places, the mountains are steadily being stretched ...

Earth is the planet we have the best opportunity to understand in detail—helping us see how other rocky planets behave, even ...