A connected province of giant subglacial basins stretching across East Antarctica has been identified for the first time, ...

An amateur astronomer from Quebec spotted an unusual circular depression while planning a camping and road trip through the ...

Calculating a fossil's position throughout geological history is a complex process. In paleontology and other disciplines, ...

Marie Tharp's ocean floor maps proved continental drift real, but her discovery was first dismissed as "girl talk." ...

In schools across the country, geography has often been folded into other subjects. Even so, the facts we learned about ...

Researchers have identified a single, continent-scale tectonic structure hidden beneath East Antarctica’s ice sheet, ...

Hurricanes are still the biggest threat to Florida, but earthquakes do occur. Could a quake like the one that rocked Venezuela ever hit Florida?

A series of moderate earthquakes, including a magnitude 5.7, struck off the coast of Northern California and Oregon. The quakes occurred near the Mendocino Triple Junction, one of the most seismically ...

Scientists have identified a 310-mile tectonic plate boundary near East Africa’s coast, where earthquakes likely shook ground crossed by dinosaurs. The discovery redraws a missing edge of a vanished ...

Scientists discovered recently that ancient slabs of Earth’s outer shell are still warping the planet’s deepest rock layer 1,800 miles below the surface. The finding turns long-buried tectonic ...

Reservoirs of what’s called geologic hydrogen – an untapped, clean energy source – might be pooling underground in parts of the Bluegrass State, according to research published last year by the U.S.