Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought.

Our planet's lithosphere is broken into several tectonic plates. Their configuration is ever-shifting, as supercontinents are assembled and broken up, and oceans form, grow, and then start to close in ...

South of New Zealand in the Tasman Sea is a stretch of stormy ocean where the waves regularly swell 20 feet (6 meters) or more and the winds blow at 30 mph (48 km/h) on a good day. Deep below these ...

A budding subduction zone offshore of Spain heralds the start of a new cycle that will one day pull the Atlantic Ocean seafloor into the bowels of the Earth, a new study suggests. Understanding how ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Centuries later, the ancient quake has left clues for scientists to ...

A recent voyage got up close and personal with an underwater fault that could reshape life in the Pacific Northwest. Anne Trehu, a Professor Emeritus who worked at Oregon State University says "There ...

The Pacific Northwest is known for its towering trees, beautiful landscapes and breathtaking coast. But what sits about 70 miles off that coast, and anywhere from 300 to 10,000 ft below the ocean's ...

Map highlighting the Atlantic subduction zones, the fully developed Lesser Antilles and Scotia arcs on the western side and the incipient Gibraltar arc on the eastern side. From Duarte et al., 2018.