The history of the Earth is written on the great tablets of tectonic plates. The motions of plates shaped land masses, formed ...

The rocks didn’t look like much from the outside. Scattered across a remote stretch of western Australia called North Pole ...

But scientists have debated for decades when this shift began. Some theories suggest that Earth’s crust was a single, rigid ...

Scientists have uncovered the oldest direct evidence yet that Earth’s tectonic plates were on the move 3.5 billion years ago.

Direct evidence of the movements of tectonic plates has been found in some of the world’s oldest rocks, in the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. This evidence dates back 3.5 billion years; the ...

By Kermit Pattison / Harvard Staff WriterThe history of the Earth is written on the great tablets of tectonic plates.The motions of plates shaped land ...

The history of Earth is written on the great tablets of tectonic plates. The motions of plates shaped land masses, formed ...

Northwest Louisiana recently experienced a 4.9 magnitude earthquake, with residents reporting beds shaking and walls vibrating. This quake was much more intense than what's typical in Louisiana, with ...