Earth has experienced many icehouse and greenhouse climates. A new study shows how they connect to plate tectonics.

Seismic tremors reveal a shallow fragment of ancient tectonic plate beneath Northern California, helping explain damaging ...

A hidden chunk of an ancient tectonic plate is stuck to the Pacific Ocean floor and sliding under North America, complicating ...

Eruptions from volcanic arcs, found where tectonic plates converge, are one of the major drivers of natural carbon emissions, ...

UnsplashCarbon released from Earth's spreading tectonic plates, not volcanoes, may have triggered major transitions ...

Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing "icehouse" periods and warm "greenhouse ...

Tiny crystals preserved in ancient beach sands are offering scientists a new way to read the deep history of Australia’s landscapes.

Earth scientist Andrea Donnellan studies the surface of the Earth from the sky to better understand earthquakes, including ...

Focusing on an area off the coast of Crescent City, California, the researchers used autonomous and remotely operated ...

Far beneath central Turkey, a dense slab of rock is peeling away from the bottom of the continent and sinking into the mantle ...

Curtin University researchers have demonstrated a new way to uncover the ancient history of Australia's landscapes, which ...

At least 40 earthquakes have hit a California town in the last day. The epicenter is located in a region of the US where the ...