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Earth’s Solid Shell Reoriented Rapidly Several Times Over 320 Million Years

A new sea‑level proxy backed by satellite data shows episodic true polar wander driven by mass shifts with the potential to reshape coastlines, climate belts and the geodynamo.

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Seismic Images Show Cascadia Slab Breaking Into Fragments

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Study Says Ancient 1‑km Escarpment Exposed Grand Canyon Basement Long Before River Carving

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Researchers Capture First In Situ Seafloor Spreading Event

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Magnitude 5.2 Earthquake Shakes Islands Off Karpathos

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Southern California Faults at 1,000‑Year Stress High as Cajon Pass Could Let Ruptures Cross

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3mo ago

New Paleolatitude 3.0 Tool Lets You Trace Any Location’s Latitude Back 320 Million Years

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Oldest Direct Evidence Shows Earth's Plates Were Moving 3.5 Billion Years Ago

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8mo ago

Deep-Mantle Hot Structures Linked to Long-Lived Patterns in Earth’s Magnetic Field

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8mo ago

New Maps Show Tibet’s Crust Flowing as Weak Faults Guide Eastward Motion

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8mo ago

Plate Spreading, Not Volcanic Arcs, Drove Earth’s Deep-Time Climate Shifts

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8mo ago

Tiny Quakes Expose Five-Piece Tectonic Model at Mendocino Triple Junction

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9mo ago

Seismic Imaging Finds 20-Kilometer Buoyant Layer Beneath Bermuda

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10mo ago

Rare Hayli Gubbi Eruption Sends Ash Across Red Sea, Disrupting Flights From Arabia to India

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10mo ago

Suez Rift Reclassified as Slowly Active, With Measurable Widening, Study Finds

Plate Tectonics

Earth’s Solid Shell Reoriented Rapidly Several Times Over 320 Million Years

Seismic Images Show Cascadia Slab Breaking Into Fragments

Study Says Ancient 1‑km Escarpment Exposed Grand Canyon Basement Long Before River Carving

Researchers Capture First In Situ Seafloor Spreading Event

Magnitude 5.2 Earthquake Shakes Islands Off Karpathos

Southern California Faults at 1,000‑Year Stress High as Cajon Pass Could Let Ruptures Cross

Core‑Reflected Seismic Wave Pushed Japan East After 2011 Quake

Scientists Map Vast Fan-Shaped Basin Province Under East Antarctica

Mantle Gases Detected in Zambia’s Kafue Rift Point to Early-Stage Rifting

Paleolatitude.org Relaunches With 320-Million-Year Map of Past Latitudes

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Plate Tectonics

Scientists Capture Cascadia Subduction Zone Tearing Apart in New Seismic Images

New Paleolatitude 3.0 Tool Lets You Trace Any Location’s Latitude Back 320 Million Years

Oldest Direct Evidence Shows Earth's Plates Were Moving 3.5 Billion Years Ago

Deep-Mantle Hot Structures Linked to Long-Lived Patterns in Earth’s Magnetic Field

New Maps Show Tibet’s Crust Flowing as Weak Faults Guide Eastward Motion

Plate Spreading, Not Volcanic Arcs, Drove Earth’s Deep-Time Climate Shifts

Tiny Quakes Expose Five-Piece Tectonic Model at Mendocino Triple Junction

Seismic Imaging Finds 20-Kilometer Buoyant Layer Beneath Bermuda

Rare Hayli Gubbi Eruption Sends Ash Across Red Sea, Disrupting Flights From Arabia to India

Suez Rift Reclassified as Slowly Active, With Measurable Widening, Study Finds

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