Cause of Earthquakes: Earthquakes happen due to the sudden movement of tectonic plates beneath the Earth’s crust. When stress builds up along plate boundaries or fault lines and the rocks can no ...

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

An earthquake of magnitude 3.4 struck Tibet on Wednesday afternoon, as reported by the National Center for Seismology (NCS). In a post on X, the NCS shared that the earthquake occurred at a depth of ...

Tibet, December 31 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 3.4 struck Tibet on Wednesday afternoon, as reported by the National Center for Seismology (NCS). In a post on X, the NCS shared that the ...

A fragment of a long-lost tectonic plate is sliding under the North American continent in the southern part of the Cascadia subduction zone, scientists have discovered. This leftover plate fragment ...

New research from Adelaide University suggests the power of the ancient Tethys Ocean might have shaped Central Asia's topography during the Cretaceous period.

Sea-level changes are often blamed on shifts in climate. And while climate clearly plays a major role, it isn’t the only force at work. Geological and tectonic mechanisms can also reshape the oceans.

New research suggests Mars may have looked much more like Earth than we once thought. Though the planet lacks the plate tectonics that shape our world’s mountains and valleys, scientists have ...