These crustal collisions occur gradually over millions of years, yet have a profound impact in reshaping the Earth's surface.

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Rancho Palos Verdes, about 30 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, faces damage from landslides as the region moves toward ...

One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...

I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our ...

Officials say two workers were trapped in a fallen trench at a Southwest Houston apartment complex. Nick Wright unveils a ...

Last year, a study led by planetary scientist Richard Cartwright at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in ...

The deepest regions of Earth's oceans, known as the abyssal and hadal zones, lie at least as far under the water's surface as ...