dragging down the Earth's crust and forming a vast depression that has accumulated millions of years' worth of sediment. However, this process is not uniform and thus sections of the sinking plate ...

Can New Jersey's offshore wind industry survive another year of high interest rates, lawsuits and supply chain bottlenecks?

Climate change is depleting vital ocean nutrients, disrupting marine ecosystems, and threatening food webs, a new study finds ...

Deep beneath the Zagros Mountains, the Neotethys plate is tearing apart, dragging Earth's crust downward. This shift may ...

This was when the Earth was one continent called Pangaea that slowly broke apart and spread out to form the continents we ...

This was when the Earth was ... rift valley will sink lower and lower eventually allowing ocean waters to flood into the basin. ‘If rifting continues, new basaltic oceanic crust may form along ...

Scientists have discovered two mountains which reach heights of around 620 miles (1,000km), dwarfing anything else found on ...

Researchers have discovered geologic evidence that suggests California is 'peeling apart' deep beneath Earth's surface. This ...

Like a moth in a cocoon, the metamorphosis of Earth's crust from molten goop to solid land is hidden ... Being so heavy, the lower layer might then 'peel' free to slowly sink into the circulating ...

Deep Beneath Iraq, a Sinking Ocean Plate is Reshaping the Surface ...

An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the ...