Venus—a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes—may be even more geologically active near its surface than ...

Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, ...

Alternatively, as shown in the diagram, convection currents under the Earth’s crust transfer heat, which rises through the surface and cools back down in a circular motion. The convection ...

The Earth is made up of different layers: Therefore, instead of tectonic plates moving because of the convection currents, evidence suggests it is the plates that drive the convection. Slab pull ...

Your students will examine the locations of earthquakes, investigate why earthquakes occur and determine the value of being able to predict earthquakes. Distribute to students the CNN Student News ...

This broad, 8,000-mile-long bulge in the crust of the earth differs in many ways from the rest of the ocean bottom. It may be the result of huge convection currents in the interior By Henry W. Menard ...

Antarctica’s strongest ocean current, the ACC, is weakening due to ice melt, threatening global climate, sea levels, and marine ecosystems in an accelerating crisis.