Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), located far from subduction zones, are typically thought to be unaffected by subduction ...

At the end of the last Ice Age, around 10,000 years ago, the melting of massive glaciers may have done more than just raise ...

Learn how a computer simulation demonstrates that tectonic activity may be less slow and steady than previously thought.

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...

At the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge off the Norwegian coast, molten rock rises from deep within the Earth between spreading ...

Scientists believe that the motion of Earth's continents through plate tectonics has been largely steady over millions of years. New research, however, suggests this drift can speed up or slow down ...

Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an extraordinary living being” that is “continuously changing.” ...

Graphic showing the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge (red ... including for plate tectonics, or the internal clockwork that has, for billions of years, torn Earth’s continents apart and crushed them ...

The scientists discovered that this global thaw may have also had unexpected consequences—including for plate tectonics, or the internal ... At the same time, spreading at the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge ...