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 ...
New satellite data shows Mexico city is sinking faster than expected due to groundwater removal and soft soil.
A powerful tsunami seen from space is overturning what scientists thought they knew about how these waves travel.
Mexico City is sinking nearly 10 inches every year, making it one of the world's fastest-sinking metropolitan areas.
Mexico City is sinking so fast that the subsidence can be spotted from space. In some parts it is happening at an average ...
Subduction zones can look permanent on a map. They run for hundreds or thousands of miles, haul oceanic crust into the mantle ...
Watch Eta Aquarid meteors streak across the sky live from observatories and sky cams around the world. It's meteor season ...
Pulsating auroras are not particularly rare. They are commonly associated with powerful auroral substorms that occur somewhat ...
Astronauts report feeling profoundly awestruck when they go to space, an anthropologist reports. This experience shapes their ...
The idea that the Earth can be “searched” like a database has circulated for several years in academic and technical circles.
Researchers discovered that continents don’t just split at the surface—they also peel from below, feeding volcanic activity in the oceans. Simulations reveal that slow mantle waves strip continental ...