Scientists have traditionally focused on volcanic arcs as the main natural source of atmospheric carbon dioxide. These form ...

Learn about the movement of tectonic plates off the coast of northern California, a process that could incite major ...

A massive geological rift is tearing one of Earth’s largest continents in two, faster than scientists once believed.

A series of slowly widening fissures in southern Ethiopia once again drew the attention of scientists and authorities to one ...

Africa gradually pulled apart along the East African rift, a slow tectonic shift that could have formed a new ocean and ...

An enduring question in geology is when Earth’s tectonic plates began pushing and pulling in a process that helped the planet evolve and shaped its continents into the ones that exist today. Some ...