Plate tectonics is geology’s Theory of Everything. The realisation in the 1960s that Earth’s crust is made of fragments ...

Two continents collided millions of years ago, forming a bridge that changed Earth's climate system and triggered one of history's greatest animal migrations.

The colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic ...

As the Earth's crust shifted and groaned over millions of years, something extraordinary happened beneath the surface. Deep ...

Iran’s Zagros folds are visible via satellite imagery Formed by Arabian-Eurasian plate collision Offers insight into mountain ...

Deep beneath the mountains of the Himalayas, something remarkable is taking place. The vast, rocky plate supporting India, ...

The India-Asia continental collision and the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau have long been attributed to continuous Cenozoic convergence with two generic assumptions: the ongoing India-Asia collision ...

Devastating earthquake in Myanmar reveals tectonic complexities, historical patterns, and potential risks for South Asia.

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a ...

A scientific analysis of samples collected on the surface of Mars shows the red planet has evolved its own version of a ...

Originally, the hypothesis was that Theia gave the Earth a glancing blow, and the proto-Earth and Theia lost pieces ending up ...

The magnitude 7.7 earthquake was powerful, shallow and in a heavily populated region with vulnerable buildings.