Earth’s crust looks solid from the surface, but it is broken into a shifting mosaic of slabs that slowly rearrange oceans and continents. Understanding how those tectonic plates first formed is one of ...

The world’s most active volcanoes lie along what’s called the Ring of Fire. It’s also where most earthquakes happen as tectonic plates push against each other, causing tremors. The “ring” stretches ...

The Ring of Fire spans approximately 40,000 kilometers and surrounds most of the Pacific Ocean, touching continents from Asia ...