Discover the science behind Hawaii's gradual shift towards Japan, why it's happening, and how fast these changes are taking ...

A study found that tectonic plates beneath the Chishima Trench are not slipping past each other but appear to be locked together. Researchers say that when the plates eventually break free, they could ...

Scientists warn seismic energy accumulating under the Chishima Trench off Hokkaido has the potential to trigger a magnitude-8 ...

The Earth's plates jostle about in fits and starts that ... volcanoes that eventually build up into island arcs like Japan. At divergent boundaries in the oceans, magma from deep in the Earth's ...

I’m a mountain gal, and my connection to the ocean is usually limited to what I find on a dinner plate, but I felt something ... and with it, the earth under my feet and the world around me ...