Earth's magnetic field acts as a vital shield against radiation arriving from space, but it is not constant. A new ...

Plate tectonics is not just about earthquakes and volcanoes. It is deeply connected to the conditions that made life possible ...

The story of our planet is written in the slow movement of its surface. Over billions of years, shifting tectonic plates have ...

Rocks from Australia have given scientists the oldest direct proof that Earth's surface was moving in separate pieces 3.5 ...

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

Earth’s magnetic field has flipped many times in the planet’s history, but evidence suggests it may be weakening again. During a geomagnetic reversal, the planet’s protective magnetic shield changes ...

Magnetic crystals provide the earliest evidence yet of the plate tectonics that likely made Earth habitable, pushing its ...

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 ...

Researchers have identified a potential mechanism that explains how turbulent plasma can produce the vast, ordered magnetic ...