Why? Because the earth beneath it is moving. Every year, the tectonic plates in the area around Golan Heights shift between 0.3 and 0.6 inches. That means Ruim el-Hiri, located about 10 miles east ...

The Earth’s continents are constantly moving thanks to the shift of the tectonic plates that make up the planet’s crust. If you rewind time by millions of years you’d see a much different ...

Discover the science behind Hawaii's gradual shift towards Japan, why it's happening, and how fast these changes are taking ...

A breakthrough study has provided the most detailed 3D look yet at the inner workings of the Tonga Subduction Zone, where ...

Research unveils a new theory about the origin of the Great Lakes, challenging what we know about their age and formation.

Today, the upheavals of plate tectonics continually reshape Earth. When this began is much disputed - and we can’t fully understand how life began to thrive on our planet until we figure it out ...

The plates fit together like jigsaw puzzle pieces far beneath our feet. Tectonic plates move - usually very slowly - and this broke Pangaea up into separate parts, eventually creating the ...

In the journal Chaos, researchers in Japan explore the likelihood that Earth’s climate, as affected by solar heat, plays a role in seismic activity. Using mathematical and computational methods, they ...

The continents of Asia and Australia are on the verge of collision. It will occur sooner than you anticipate. And it’s moving ...

Earthquakes occur when the rock on one side of a fault slips relative to the other. The fault surface can be vertical, ...

Layers of lava build up over time, creating volcanoes. Tectonic plates are key. They are large pieces of the Earth’s crust which can move towards, away from, or alongside one another ...