Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it cracks and an ocean basin begins.

The rotations of the Earth have increased in speed since 2020, and as it spins faster than ever, the shortest day recorded ...

The Earth is predicted to increase its rotation speed in July and August, once again bucking the trend of a slower rotation ...

The earthquake caused the planet to spin slightly faster, shortening the length of a day on Earth by 1.8 microseconds—about ...

The conflict between Israel and Iran seems to have no end in sight, especially since the US has stepped in to bomb the ...

Experts are on alert for what has happened in China, as a dam has displaced the Earth's axis and is changing the length of days. It is the Three Gorges Dam, which is located on the ...

On the summer solstice, the Northern Hemisphere leans most directly toward the sun. That means more direct sunlight and the ...

On the summer solstice, the Northern Hemisphere leans most directly toward the sun. That means more direct sunlight and the ...

Melting ice redistributes water from polar ice caps into the oceans, altering Earth's mass distribution. This redistribution affects the rotational axis as Earth adjusts its spin to maintain dynamic ...

In less than 20 years, human activities—especially the pumping of groundwater—have caused the Earth’s axis to shift by about 31.5 inches (or 80 centimeters), according to a new study. This ...

Human activity shifted Earth's axis by 80 centimeters, study finds Water extraction caused an average annual drift of Earth's rotational pole by 4.63 cm, totaling 80 cm in less than two decades.