Scientists studying rocks in South Africa report evidence for the earliest known earthquake triggered by plate tectonics.

And importantly, plate tectonics on Earth also led to the chemistry that stabilized our planet’s surface temperature, making the emergence of life feasible. Clearly, with surface temperatures as great ...

New research hints that plate tectonics began earlier than 4 billion years ago — not long after Earth had formed. When you ...

There is something strange about Earth. A few billion years ago, a process started here that we have never seen anywhere else.

On Earth, the land moves. Over millions of years, continents shift and the entire surface of the planet reshapes itself.