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Hot blob beneath Appalachians formed when Greenland split from North America — and it's heading to New YorkA hot blob currently beneath the Appalachians may have peeled off from Greenland around 80 million years ago and moved to where it is today at a rate of 12 miles per million years, scientists have found.
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Mount Thor: The mountain with Earth's longest vertical dropMount Thor, also known as Thor Peak, is a mountain in Nunavut, Canada with the largest vertical drop in the world — a terrifying escarpment with an average overhang of 15 degrees from vertical.
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Giant meteor impact may have triggered massive Grand Canyon landslide 56,000 years agoResearchers have found a link between two geological events in iconic locations of the U.S. Southwest that scientists previously didn't think had anything to do with each other.
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Study raises major questions about Earth's 'oldest' impact craterScientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest — but an independent analysis shows they might be off by at least 800 million years.
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What's Earth's lowest point on land?What's Earth's lowest spot on dry land — and how did it get to be that way?
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Watch mud volcano erupt beneath a crown of flames in TaiwanThe Wandan mud volcano has erupted in Taiwan, sending bubbling mud shooting into the air as locals ignite ejected gases with burning rags.
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World's oldest rocks could shed light on how life emerged on Earth — and potentially beyondThe rocks could offer insight into Earth's primordial crust and the environment that gave birth to life.
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There's a 'ghost' plume lurking beneath the Middle East — and it might explain how India wound up where it is todayResearchers have discovered an unusual plume of magma beneath Oman that may have changed the course of the Indian tectonic plate between 25 million and 40 million years ago.
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Hells Canyon caves reveal unexpected finding about America's deepest gorgeAbout 2,000 feet deeper than the Grand Canyon, Hells Canyon was rapidly carved when a lake spilled over about 2.1 million years ago, new research estimates.
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