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A Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship, named after a Navy oceanographer and a former Confederate, will now bear the name USNS Marie Tharp (T-AGS-66), the Navy announced late Wednesday. The survey ship will be named after Marie Tharp, the first person to create scientific maps of the Atlantic Ocean, according to a Wednesday Navy news release. The […]

Researchers have found the strongest evidence of how the formation of Earth's continents began and it supports a long-held theory.

Experts believe there is a 7-10% chance of a magnitude 7.0 or greater earthquake in the next 50 years within the New Madrid zone.

Researchers have discovered Earth's lost supermountains that kickstarted life on the planet. Here's how we lost them and what happened next.

The existence of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is one of the many evidences of the plate tectonics revolution. What are the others?

The continental drift theory was proposed by meteorologist Alfred Wegener in 1912. What observations led Wegener to this theory?

Watch: One Billion Years Of Tectonic Plate Movement In 40 Seconds Concept of continental movement was brewing long before Plate Tectonics became a popular theory in the 60s. Image Credit: Email According to plate tectonic theory, the Earth’s surface is made up of slabs of rock that are slowly shifting right under our feet. Because of this constant movement, today’s Earth looks a lot different from what it did millions of years ago. In today’s animation, Visual Capitalist’s Carmen Ang ...

A huge plate tectonic. but we have different areas here intersecting. so we get that magnitude and the energy radiates out and in los angeles, they are saying with the july 4th earthquake that it felt like it was rumbling or shaking for about 30 seconds. well, the initial quake was only five seconds. but because it is bumping into these mountains and different densities of material through the ground, that is why it is shaking as it goes along until eventually it slows down. so it probably reall...

Theres an earthquake going on. no, its a washing machine. no, its plate tectonic. >> you combine it with rural americans who came out and voted the sort of brexit, hidden voters, you combine it with class issues, which were so important here -- >> the reason this is going on all over the world. the fact is there are convulsive sort of revolutionary changes going on in our economy that are driven largely by technology and globalization that have benefitted and have grown economies and benefitted ...