Satellite data has unveiled a captivating geological phenomenon demonstrating that Earth’s crust is "dripping" under the ...

Unraveling the mysteries of our planet, scientists have recently discovered the fate of a large chunk of Earth’s crust that has been missing for millions of years. It turns out that the crust was ...

For decades, climate science has treated Earth’s shifting crust as a slow, distant backdrop to the drama of global warming. New research is rewriting that script, showing that the way continents drift ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. The chemistry of crystals in some of Earth’s oldest rocks may ...

When most of us think about what shaped our planet, we probably picture volcanoes, earthquakes, and huge continents slowly drifting apart (or back together again) over millions or billions of years.

Introduction / Robert A. Phinney -- [The upper mantle] -- Upper mantle chemistry and evolution of the earth's crust / Paul W. Gast -- The geophysical importance of high-temperature creep / Dan P.

Stanford researchers have created the first-ever global map of a rare earthquake type that occurs not in Earth’s crust but in our planet’s mantle, the layer sandwiched between the thin crust and Earth ...