At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

Sitting near the boundary of the massive African and Eurasian tectonic plates, Santorini often experiences seismic activity, but rarely so intensely for so long. As well as Santorini, the nearby ...

The Pangean-era structure "It's being torn apart in real time" keeps the planet on edge. The ocean plate is now being torn ...

Southwestern parts of China, Nepal and northern India are frequently hit by earthquakes caused by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. Tuesday’s epicenter was around 80 km ...

An international team of researchers from the University of Göttingen found a massive rift extending 1,500 kilometers beneath ...

A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago has found evidence via lab experiments ...

Geographically positioned near the African and Eurasian tectonic plates, Santorini regularly observes seismic events, though current activity is notably intense. The nearby islands of Amorgos and Ios ...

Because of its location between the converging Arabian and Eurasian tectonic plates, Iran is known to be a seismically active region. Nevertheless, rumors that the seismic activity was not natural ...

Remy Bossu, Secretary-General of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, said 'days, or perhaps, weeks' would be needed to evaluate the series of earthquakes but said that the series of ...

Feb. 12, 2025 — A study gives possible insight into the underprediction of sea ice depletion and the formation of Arctic cyclones. The study could lead to more accurate weather and climate ...