Scientists say they have evidence of a new continental rift forming in southern Africa that could eventually develop into a ...

Diamonds present at the birth of the Okavango Delta have a lasting connection to this landscape and are playing a unique role in its conservation today. 3:41 Geological time and tectonic forces have ...

LOGAN, UTAH, USA -- South America’s Andes Mountains, the world’s longest mountain range and home to some of the planet’s highest peaks, feature thousands of hot springs. Driven by plate tectonics and ...

The Earth is made of different layers: the core, mantle and crust. Plate tectonic theory shows that the crust of the Earth is split into plates (pieces of the Earth’s crust). The movement of these ...

Ancient plate tectonics in the Archean period differs from modern plate tectonics in the Phanerozoic period because of the higher mantle temperatures inside the early Earth, the thicker basaltic crust ...