For the first time, scientists have seen a subduction zone actively breaking apart beneath the Pacific Northwest. Seismic data show the oceanic plate tearing into fragments, forming microplates in a ...

Discover the beauty of this hidden gem in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, filled with nature trails, cliffside ...

A fish fossil from millions of years ago was accidentally discovered at the Samaria Gorge in Crete. It is well known that ...

Powder Mountain, a ski resort north of Salt Lake City with big art world ambitions, recently announced a partnership with Dia ...

Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad and Rawalpindi late Tuesday, with its epicentre in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region at a depth of 234 kilometres, according to the national seismology centre.In ...

The Teton Fault System Creates the Foundation The Teton Fault began moving approximately 10 million years ago, triggering a ...

The Siguniang Mountains beckon us to tread with deliberation, to eavesdrop on the legends whispered by the winds, and to behold a part of our planet where earth, ice and fire inscribe a chronicle of ...

New research reveals that Earth’s continents owe their stability to searing heat deep in the planet’s crust. At more than ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides scientists with a new tool for ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) provides scientists with a powerful new ...

For billions of years, Earth's continents have remained remarkably stable, forming the foundation for mountains, ecosystems ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — With the federal government shutdown impacting America’s most visited national park, local governments in Tennessee and North Carolina are working on a plan to fully reopen ...