When tens of thousands of earthquakes shook Santorini, the cause wasn’t just shifting tectonic plates—it was rising magma. Scientists tracked about 300 million cubic meters of molten rock pushing up ...

Tiny zircon crystals are revealing that Earth’s earliest history may have included surprisingly complex tectonic activity.

Old crystals found in Western Australia are drawing fresh attention from geologists studying how the planet first took shape.

A study using EBSD and TEM imaging found that “b” dislocations in olivine occur in roughly 17% of analyzed crystals. These ...

Earth’s oxygen-rich atmosphere, the very thing that allows complex life to exist, may not last forever. Coupled biogeochemistry and climate simulations estimate that the planet’s breathable air could ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – With recent earthquakes felt in parts of Dorchester County and the Midlands in recent weeks, we ...

First, we connected our specially designed 6km-long strain cable (similar to submarine telecommunication cables but with special sensor fibers) to the seafloor observatory. Using an underwater plough, ...