Scotese studies how plate tectonics and a warming climate will change Earth's appearance in the future, and he has made multiple animated maps based from his research. For more animations from ...

we can project into the future. “Accurate spatial models of tectonic plates and geological terranes are important for analyzing and interpreting a wide variety of geoscientific data and ...

The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where plates move apart; and transform, where plates move sideways ...

Four types of plate tectonic activity are demonstrated in this feature. Keep an eye on the map to see where in the world the activity takes place. Also known as spreading boundary, a divergent ...

Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer layer is made up of plates, which have moved throughout Earth's history. The theory explains the how and why behind mountains, volcanoes ...

An earthquake is extremely destructive if it occurs shallow in the Earth's crust and near population centres - Friday's earthquake in Myanmar did both.

Under our feet, processes are occurring that could reshape the world map in the long run ... This change is the result of tectonic plate movements, which have become increasingly noticeable ...

The video compares the impact of the two earthquakes and how the outcome of tectonic ... maps. Is there a pattern as to where the earthquakes happen? Can students map this to the plate boundary ...

The weak points in the earth’s crust are mostly found at the boundaries of tectonic plates… At constructive boundaries - usually deep under oceans - plates are being pulled away from each other.