Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

As the Aral Sea has been drained by irrigation and dried up, the mass loss on the surface has caused Earth’s upper mantle to ...

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

Lithospheric dripping occurs when the underside of Earth's rocky crust is heated to a certain temperature. As the rock melts, ...

Geologists have made certain assumptions about how the crust making up our planet's earliest surface formed, but a new study ...

A chunk of ancient oceanic crust buried deep beneath the Midwest is pulling parts of North America's crust down into the ...

Venus—a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes—may be even more geologically active near its surface than ...

A fascinating new study reveals that a massive chunk of Earth’s crust, buried deep beneath the Midwest, is slowly pulling ...

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