A hidden “tear” beneath the continents may have been fueling oceanic volcanoes for millions of years, study reveals.

A better understanding of the bedrock can help researchers calculate how quickly the continent's melting glaciers might ...

The map of Earth looks settled at first glance. Continents feel fixed, named, and counted. Yet over the past few decades, ...

Rakshit Sharma For most people, the first encounter with the wider world does not come through travel, diplomacy or even news ...

Great things can come from failure when it comes to geology. The Midcontinent rift formed about 1.1 billion years ago and ...

What are the main theories about the true nature and location of Atlantis? Was it on Sardinia, Crete, Africa, or was it just an allegory?

Lindsay and Katakturuk, a pair of Hudsonian whimbrels, reunite every year, regardless of the distance or odds.

"The ocean surface is definitely not flat. It is constantly changing as wind, waves and swells produce surface undulations, daily tidal fluctuations raise and lower the average height." ...

First global map of mantle earthquakes reveals seismic activity far beneath continents, challenging old ideas about Earth’s ...

Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions of Earth. However, because all flat maps have compromises built into them, ...

Two days after Christmas, the Times journalists Raymond Zhong and Chang W. Lee set sail from Christchurch, New Zealand, on a ...

From space, the oceans look calm and simple — just endless blue. But when scientists zoom in with modern tools, that calm ...