"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...

Under our feet, processes are occurring that could reshape the world map in the long run. Africa, although it seems like a ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But do other planets in the solar system have them too?

Most geologic activity stems from the interplay where the plates meet or divide. The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries ... connects the world's oceans, making ...

Plate tectonic theory shows that the crust of the ... moving at about the same speed as your fingernails grow, so the map of the world will continue to change, but just very, very, very slowly.