For millions of years, it was believed to have been completely consumed by subduction, the process in which one tectonic plate sinks beneath another into the mantle. But traces of its existence ...

Earthquakes are known for being destructive forces of nature, but not all of them actually stem from purely natural causes.

The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries ... boundaries also occur where a plate of ocean dives, in a process called subduction, under a landmass.

Earthquakes are relatively common in Myanmar, where six strong quakes of 7.0 magnitude or more struck between 1930 and 1956 ...

Gather your supplies! In this episode we will use everyday materials to learn about tectonic plates and fault lines.

The mantle of the Earth, up to 1,800 miles (2,900 kms) thick and 84% of the Earth's volume, was assumed to be a simple ...

Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer layer is made up of plates, which have moved throughout Earth's history. The theory explains the how and why behind mountains, volcanoes ...

In this lesson, students use scientific data to learn how the scientific process works. They learn where the Earth's tectonic plates and their boundaries are, what happens at the boundaries ...

The mid-ocean ridges mark the lines along which the Earth is turning itself inside out through the process of plate tectonics. Advances in technology are helping to reveal the intricate details of ...

The Earth is made up of different layers: Therefore, instead of tectonic plates moving because of the convection currents, evidence suggests it is the plates that drive the convection. Slab pull ...

Plate tectonics raise mountains, while erosion—driven by glaciers, rain and wind—wears them down. But there's an often-overlooked factor in this process: the rock itself. "The hypothesis is ...