Section of Nyaru-Fluorspar Road cut off by earth cracks and mudslides in Keiyo South, Elgeyo Marakwet County. May 26, 2025. [Stephen Rutto, Standard] An earth crack has sparked fears of landslides ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Scientists have uncovered new signs of a mysterious structure buried deep inside Earth’s inner core, pointing to the possibility of a fifth distinct layer within the planet. The discovery, detailed in ...

It’s one of the only places on Earth where three giant cracks, or rifts, in the Earth’s surface meet. These rifts stretch across Ethiopia and beyond, and over time, they are splitting the land apart.

RIDGECREST, Calif. -- Before-and-after photos show a massive crack opening up on the desert floor along the fault line following the 7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake. The picture before the quake shows a ...

Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite image of the Dickson Fjord in East Greenland. (Credit: Thomas Monahan.) (CN) — When the Earth started pulsing every 90 seconds in September 2023, scientists didn’t know ...