Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

While it is controversial to suggest that the GIFR contains a large amount of continental crust within it, and that the European and North American tectonic plates have perhaps not yet officially ...

New findings provide a greater understanding of plate subduction, or how tectonic plates slide beneath one another. This recycling of surface materials and volatile elements deep into the Earth's ...

According to the findings, North America and Europe—separated by the Atlantic Ocean—may still be geologically linked. "The ...

It sits directly across the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates, which are slowly pulling apart. Europe has a high population density compared to other continents. This means it has a high ...

Iceland is a country of fire and ice, home to several volcanoes and straddling two tectonic plates. The Eyjafjallajokull volcano began erupting in March. On 14 April, the eruption entered a new ...