Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing "icehouse" periods ...
What appears to be three tectonic plates in a map may act like five pieces that move underground. Northern California ...
Research tracks deep carbon cycle over 540 million years, links icehouse and greenhouse phases to movement of tectonic plates ...
Learn about the movement of tectonic plates off the coast of northern California, a process that could incite major earthquakes.
A hidden chunk of an ancient tectonic plate is stuck to the Pacific Ocean floor and sliding under North America, complicating earthquake risk at the Cascadia subduction zone.
By tracking swarms of very small earthquakes, seismologists are getting a new picture of the complex region where the San ...
Three of the great tectonic plates that make up the Earth’s crust meet at the Mendocino Triple Junction, off the Humboldt ...