Our planet has an outer layer made up of several plates, which move relative to one another. While we may take this knowledge for granted, this theory of plate tectonics was only formulated in the ...

According to new research on the geodynamics of Earth’s crust, the Iberian Peninsula, which includes Spain and Portugal, is turning clockwise due to the pressure applied by the African and Eurasian ...

The Earth is made of different layers: the core, mantle and crust. Plate tectonic theory shows that the crust of the Earth is split into plates (pieces of the Earth’s crust). The movement of these ...

researchers have uncovered the oldest direct evidence of tectonic plate movement, dating back 3.5 billion years. This revelation, published in Science, challenges long-held assumptions about Earth’s ...

For the most part, everyone sees Spain and Portugal as absolutely stable areas on maps. But underneath it all, the land mass they occupy is actually moving very gradually.A group of scientists from ...

Tsunamis up to 90 feet high smash into New Zealand every 580 years, study finds A new method of assessing tsunami risk in New Zealand finds that giant waves could hit the country's shores once every ...