Scientists find evidence for several Earth axis shifts during the age of dinosaurs
A new study finds evidence that Earth may have undergone several episodes of rapid true polar wander during…
Africa’s Turkana Rift has entered a critical stage of continental breakup
The crust beneath the Turkana Rift has thinned to about 13 kilometers, placing the region in an advanced…
Scientists Say They Can Now Pinpoint Where Big Quakes Might Hit
Earthquakes may strike without warning, but the ground beneath us is rarely completely still. Current systems can measure…
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…