Scientists Found a Continent-Sized Geological Structure Hiding Beneath Antarctica
The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is almost unfathomably huge. Covering about 75% of the entire frigid continent (nearly…
California Faults Are Under Their Highest Stress in 1,000 Years, Stoking Fears of the ‘Big One’
No U.S. region is at greater risk of a catastrophic earthquake than Southern California. The hazard stems primarily…
A massive rift is splitting Africa apart forming Earth’s sixth ocean
The desert floor in Ethiopia looks fixed and ancient, but it is moving. Across the Afar region and…
‘Anomalous’ Earthquakes Have Hit Utah for Decades. Geologists Are Finally Closing in on an Answer
The tiny town of Randolph, Utah (population: 467), sat atop a deep 3.8 magnitude earthquake in the early…
Scientists Think Africa May Be Cracking Along a New Tectonic Plate Boundary
Earth’s mantle appears to be leaking a little along Central Africa. If this continues to develop, this rift…
The Earth is tearing itself apart near Vancouver Island in the Pacific Northwest
Subduction zones can look permanent on a map. They run for hundreds or thousands of miles, haul oceanic…
Antarctic seismic data points to an ancient structure circling Earth’s core
A layer only a few to a few dozen kilometers thick may be draped across the boundary between…
New Digital Tool Lets You See Where Your Backyard Was Millions of Years Ago
Millions of years ago, the land you’re currently sitting on was located at a completely different latitude. Your…
Why the Strait of Hormuz is a geological wonder
The region is also known for its salt glaciers and salt domes created as the salt from deep…
Weirdly Hot Rocks in New England Traced to 80-Million-Year-Old Greenland Rift
Roughly 124 miles (200 kilometers) beneath the Appalachian Mountains in New England lies the aptly named Northern Appalachian…