Computers may now be better than ever at revealing how the giant plates of rock that we live on will drift, crash and dive against each other to shape Earth throughout its history, scientists say. The ...
Scientists have developed a new model of Earth’s tectonic plates that provides fresh insights into the planet’s geological history and a better understanding of natural hazards like earthquakes and ...
Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the ...
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How the tectonic plates were formed

Earth’s crust looks solid from the surface, but it is broken into a shifting mosaic of slabs that slowly rearrange oceans and continents. Understanding how those tectonic plates first formed is one of ...
Scientists have uncovered massive, dense rock structures deep beneath the western Pacific, challenging long-held theories ...
Planet Earth is situated in what astronomers call the Goldilocks Zone -- a sweet spot in a solar system where a planet's surface temperature is neither too hot nor too cold. An ideal distance from a ...
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MADISON, Wis., March 23 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've created a model precisely describing the movements of the 25 tectonic plates that account for about 97 percent of Earth's surface. The ...