New research reveals the source of this carbon – and the driving forces behind it – are far more complex than previously thought.

With less water in the lakes, especially Lake Turkana, it has become easier for the great rift beneath to move.

A research team led by Academician Jin Zhijun from the Institute of Energy, Peking University, has revealed how interactions between Earth's tectonic activity and astronomical cycles jointly shaped ...

The tectonic plates under Africa and Asia are slowly drifting apart, as the Gulf of Suez that separates these two land masses continues to widen at a rate of about 0.26–0.55 millimeters per year.

This artist’s concept of the large Quetzalpetlatl Corona located in Venus’ southern hemisphere depicts active volcanism and a subduction zone, where the foreground crust plunges into the planet’s ...

Officials in Iceland have warned that adverse weather will likely affect their ability to monitor the tectonic activity caused by increased magma pressure under the southwest of the nation's main ...

Europa might not be the best place to look for alien life in the solar system after all. A new study modeling what the floor of the Jupiter moon's hidden ocean is like concluded that tectonic activity ...

The Pluto-Charon system, likely formed from an impact, has reached the endpoint of its tidal evolution. During its evolution into the dual-synchronous state, the equilibrium tidal figures of Pluto and ...

Recent advancements in seismology have shed light on the enigmatic triggers behind ‘impossible’ earthquakes, seismic events that occur in regions not typically associated with tectonic activity. These ...