This week's reviews divide between present work and recovered history. Two of the records come from Arkansas-based artists ...

By tracking swarms of very small earthquakes, seismologists are getting a new picture of the complex region where the San Andreas fault meets the Cascadia subduction zone, an area that could give rise ...

The White House-led by Donald Trump has ramped up efforts to pressure Denmark into seceding Greenland to the US.

There is no formula which can be applied which will show Australia to be the largest island. Either we exclude continental land masses, which results in Greenland winning the accolade with Australia ...

Earth has six continents not seven, radical study claims ...

New research highlights the complex relationship between Earth's tectonic plate movements and climate shifts. Contrary to ...

New research challenges conventional wisdom by demonstrating that mid-ocean ridges and continental rifts, not volcanic ...

Carbon released from Earth's spreading tectonic plates, not volcanoes, may have triggered major transitions between ancient ...

Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing "icehouse" periods ...

Seismic tremors reveal a shallow fragment of ancient tectonic plate beneath Northern California, helping explain damaging ...

After 28 years and 1,083 episodes, Bragg is leaving his popular BBC podcast, In Our Time. His replacement is hoping you’ll ...

Memorizing seven continents feels settled, like learning the alphabet. A new study argues the ground rules are less tidy. The ...