Plate tectonics — the gradual drift of continents across the Earth's surface that causes earthquakes — began around 2.5 billion years ago, a new study suggests.

Editor's Note: This story was corrected at 2:40 p.m. EST to correct one mention of an age estimate for the emergence of plate tectonics. It may have emerged as recently as 700 million, not 700 ...

KS3 Geography. Plate tectonics: Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies from Haiti and New Zealand.

Plate tectonics allows heat from Earth's interior to escape to the surface, forming continents and other geological features necessary for life to emerge. Accordingly, "there has been the ...

New research hints that plate tectonics began earlier than 4 billion years ago — not long after Earth had formed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

A study published in the journal Tectonics has provided new insights into the forces that cause tectonic movements in ...

The plate tectonics theory established in the 20th century has been successful in interpreting many geological phenomena, processes, and events that have occurred in the Phanerozoic.

A team of geoscientists from the University of Toronto is shedding new light on the century-old model of plate tectonics, which suggests the plates covering the ocean floors are rigid as they move ...

If plate tectonics, oceans and continents are rare on worlds throughout the universe, that is. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

KS3 Geography. Plate tectonics: Tsunamis. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and tsunamis and featuring a case study from Japan including the Fukushima nuclear ...