Throughout Earth’s history, the continents have been constantly on the move, converging and diverging in cycles that have shaped the planet’s surface for billions of years. This process, known as ...

New research reveals that only the oldest and fastest-sinking oceanic plates can transport water deep into Earth’s mantle, ...

Recent reductions in U.S. oceanographic assets are limiting scientists' ability to access vital materials in the ocean.

Tectonic plates are massive slabs of Earth's lithosphere that float atop the semi-fluid mantle, constantly shifting and ...

Due to the radiative thermal conductivity of the mineral olivine, only oceanic plates over 60 million years old and ...

In the Afar Depression of East Africa, a remarkable geological transformation is unfolding, with scientists revealing that ...

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

Far beneath the ocean's surface, where mountain belts rise and ancient oceanic crust lies hidden, a long-lost tectonic plate ...

In East Africa's Afar Depression, scientists have discovered that fresh lava from deep within the Earth's mantle is driving the continent's split. The ...

Kwayisi, D., Elburg, M., & Lehmann, J. (2021). Preserved Ancient Oceanic Lithosphere within the Buem Structural Unit at the Eastern Margin of the West African Craton ...

Dangerous tipping points Ocean acidification crosses “planetary boundaries” Crisis facing the world's marine ecosystems is getting worse.

A recent CU Boulder-led study finds that recent dips in the ocean’s carbon absorption are likely due to natural variability instead of global warming.