Plate Tectonics

For a billion years Earth's mountains stopped growing, and may have starved the sea of nutrients, new research finds.

Sizzling-hot rocks are rising up and pushing on the plates on either side of the Atlantic.

A new computer reconstruction of the tectonic plates of 60 million years ago reveals the existence of a lost plate called Resurrection.

A new interactive map visualizes how Earth's continents evolved from about 750 million years ago to today.

A big earthquake at Ridgecrest could trigger the Garlock fault, which would in turn trigger the San Andreas.

The India-Australia-Capricorn plate is breaking up at a rate of about 2 millimeters a year.

A type of rock from Earth's interior that's known for its embedded diamonds also holds clues to a missing puzzle piece from a continent that fragmented more than 150 million years ago.

A new model of the whole Earth shows how the mantle and crust drive the movement of tectonic plates as well as the creation and destruction of supercontinents.

Scientists have discovered a new volcanic complex near southwestern Italy caused by an unusual type of fault.

A gaping hole in a dying tectonic plate beneath the ocean along the West Coast of the United States may be wreaking havoc at Earth's surface, but not in a way most people might expect.