Map of the Word with lines marking boundaries of tectonic plates. Plate tectonics is a theory that explains how Earth’s lithosphere—its upper mantle and crust—is split into sections called ...

Plate tectonics, the theory that underpins Earth's geological activity, shapes our planet with mountains, shifting continents ...

A fascinating new study reveals how two of Earth’s established continents may constitute one whole landmass in itself.

For centuries, we have been taught that there are seven continents, but new research has suggested there are actually only ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But do other planets in the solar system have them too?

The Earth is made of different layers: the core, mantle and crust. Plate tectonic theory shows that the crust of the Earth is split into plates (pieces of the Earth’s crust). The movement of ...

"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...

This includes the movements of the Earth’s tectonic plates that result in the creation, destruction and rearrangement of the Earth’s crust and lithosphere. Analysis of historical earthquake ...

Scientists have discovered hidden treasures in the Earth's mantle. Hidden deep within Earth's mantle are two colossal ...

But that theory may require some revisions according ... continent-sized “out of tune” geological islands located inside a tectonic plate “graveyard” 1,800-feet-below the planet’s ...