A new study shows that climate shapes the land and can change where earthquakes happen and when volcanoes erupt.

Waves in Earth's mantle created by the rifting of continents may peel the planet's crust from below, feeding volcanoes in the middle of the ocean.

Roughly 6.2 million years ago, the Red Sea—today one of the world’s most strategically vital marine passages—underwent a ...

Groundwater extraction has caused parts of the Willcox Basin to subside by up to 12 feet since the 1950s. New research ...

Climate change is accelerating continental rifting, the geological process where landmasses slowly pull apart. According to a ...

Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is often called the cradle of humankind. Home to some of the earliest hominids, its fossil-rich basin has helped ...