You are going about your day. All is calm and quiet until suddenly, the ground beneath your feet begins to shake, and items ...

Advanced seismic imaging techniques could improve earthquake early warning models and aid the development of next-generation ...

A massive crater hidden beneath the Atlantic seafloor has been confirmed as the result of an asteroid strike from 66 million ...

Water gushes through dark, craggy rocks on the shore. A massive water reservoir is hidden deep beneath the ocean floor off the coast of New Zealand — and it may explain why the region experiences slow ...

Recent scientific investigations have revealed that a significant portion of Earth’s crust has disappeared over millions of ...

Magnetotelluric (MT) data, which contain measurements of electric and magnetic field variations at Earth's surface, provide ...

Stable parts of the Earth's crust may not be as immovable as previously thought. While much of the crust is affected by plate tectonic activity, certain more stable portions have remained unchanged ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Researchers at Oregon State University have completed a mammoth project to create a 3-D map of electromagnetic energy in the Earth's crust across the continental U.S. What began as ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics. Researchers have made a new discovery that changes ...

Water covers nearly three-quarters of Earth's surface. But how much water lies hidden underground in the planet's crust? A 2021 study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters found that more of ...