Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

Subduction zones circle the Pacific Ocean, forming the Ring of Fire. The little red stars indicate all the main volcanoes found here. (Image credit: Rainer Lesniewski via Getty Images) ...

A tectonic clash in Tibet formed giant copper deposits, revealing how recycled crust can power clean energy and reshape ...

The Mariana Trench, located in the Pacific Ocean, is the deepest known part of the Earth's oceans, plunging nearly 36,000 ...

An international study has revealed how continental collisions may have supercharged the Earth's richest deposits of copper, ...

As the most seismically active regions in the world, oceanic subduction zones show contrasting seismicity in different regions. A review by a team from Nanjing University explored the ...

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

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

So, if you have more new oceanic crust — either due to faster spreading or a longer spreading center —you end up displacing more water, Tasistro-Hart explained. This oceanic crust eventually needs to ...

A new study does the difficult task of trying to piece together the history of the world’s largest subduction zone.

Japan has developed an undersea warning system that can detect earthquakes 20 seconds before they reach land, significantly ...