Scientists warn that the plate beneath Gibraltar arc will begin to shift toward the Atlantic within 20 million years.

THAT AUTUMN, A RESEARCH VESSEL called the Glomar Challenger sailed over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge to drill holes and sample sediment. Fossils within the sediment samples they retrieved gave scientists a ...

A major fault in central Turkey is defying decades of scientific belief, tearing the Earth open in a way no one expected.

For example, the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, which had a magnitude of 9.0, resulted in devastating tsunamis and loss of life. In contrast, the Japanese government's stringent building codes ...

If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

One Nation mines the resentment of those who feel looked down on by “lanyard class” professionals and ignored by mainstream ...

The entire Indo-Burma Ranges are being squeezed, potentially building stress on the megathrust that will be released in a large earthquake.

A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile in July 2024—and it wasn’t supposed to be that strong. Unlike Chile ...

Greenland appears at first glance to be fixed and unchanging, with clear borders on maps and solid land beneath the ice, but science tells a different story. Over time, Greenland is slowly changing ...

In July 2024, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit near the city of Calama in northern Chile. The shaking damaged buildings and disrupted electrical power ...

Waterfalls form through various geological processes, but they all involve water flowing over a sudden drop in elevation.

Belief in “earthquake weather" is common, especially in California, but scientists are clear that there is no such thing.