Simulations produced by a Brown-led research team offer evidence that Venus once had plate tectonics — a finding that opens the door for the possibility of early life on the planet and insights ...

When did Earth's plate tectonics begin? A new study from Yale University claims to have found evidence that plate tectonics started about a billion years earlier than is currently thought, which ...

A new study reveals Earth's essential features formed within its first 100 million years, challenging long-held theories.

Earthquakes and volcanism occur as a result of plate tectonics. The movement of tectonic plates themselves is largely driven by the process known as subduction. The question of how new active ...

Earth-like plate tectonics may have shaped Venus billions of years ago A new study bolsters the theory that microbial life could have existed on our sister planet. Laura Baisas Oct 27, 2023 11:00 ...

New tectonic fault identified 200 kilometers southwest of Portugal may explain historic Lisbon earthquakes and pose future tsunami risks.

Simulations covering Earth’s birth about 4.5 billion years ago to 10 billion years in the future suggest that plate tectonics is a midpoint in the planet’s progression between two stagnant ...

One of the worst earthquakes in European history ripped through Portugal in 1755, causing a tsunami, fires and shaking that ...

Geophysicists can use a new model to explain the behavior of a tectonic plate sinking into a subduction zone in the Earth's mantle: the plate becomes weak and thus more deformable when ...

Some models of plate tectonics, the movement of Earth’s plates, suggest that Canada and Europe are gradually migrating toward one another.

New research suggests the dramatic increase in biodiversity known as the Cambrian explosion was triggered by a massive shift in global plate tectonics.

Plate tectonics can trigger ice ages through the production of the carbon-trapping mineral smectite, according to a new study.