Down in California, the San Andreas Fault marks the boundary where the North American and Pacific plates are sliding past ...

A subduction zone near Cascadia is unraveling piece by piece. The process offers a rare glimpse into how tectonic plates die ...

The floor of the ocean off the coast of the Pacific Northwest has sprung a leak called Pythia's Oasis. Here's what that means ...

Scientists compared sediment deposits created by underwater landslides from earthquakes within the Cascadia Subduction Zone ...

A mysterious hole has been discovered leaking freshwater from the seafloor off the Pacific Northwest. Known as Pythia’s Oasis ...

Build mountains. Trigger volcanoes. Create new sea floor. You now have the power to change the landscape with the slightest push of your mouse. Four types of plate tectonic activity are demonstrated ...

Residents of the US’s West Coast have long feared “The Big One” – the apparently inevitable massive earthquake that will one day hit where the Pacific tectonic plate meets its North American neighbor.

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Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...