Recent research conducted by an international team of scientists from Utrecht University, the UK, and the US has resulted in ...

Melting glaciers could be awakening some of Earth’s sleeping giants, according to new research that links glacial retreat ...

Planet Earth Geology Tectonic plates can spread subduction like a contagion — jumping from one oceanic plate to another News By Evan Howell published 14 June 2025 ...

Tectonic Plates Can ‘Infect’ One Another with Earth-Shaking Subduction Zones Evidence from Earth’s deep past suggests dramatic subduction zones can spread like a contagion ...

WASHINGTON, USA — A "swarm" of small earthquakes near the summit of Mount Rainier Tuesday is no cause for concern, according ...

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Imagine the sound of a dinosaur roaring... Super loud, right? Wrong... It turns out the giant prehistoric creatures almost ...

The birth of a behemoth The planet’s tectonic plates are in constant motion, reshaping the surface as they pull apart and collide. The Himalaya are the dramatic result of one such tectonic ...

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The Trump administration is developing a plan to use Cold War-era powers to prioritize and fund rare earth projects it deems critical to national security, people familiar with the matter said.

The San Andreas Fault is California's longest and most famous fault. At this fracture zone, two plates of Earth's crust move past each other. It stretches from the Salton Sea in Southern ...

Estimated production (*tonnes), 2024 Source: US Geological Survey • *Estimated in rare-earth-oxide (REO) equivalent. Data includes lanthanides and yttrium but excludes most scandium ...