Plate tectonics is a theory that explains how Earth ... assumes that an intelligent civilization would logically evolve on all life-bearing planets. This research suggests something else.

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But do other planets in the solar system have them too?

All of these processes result from plate tectonics, the movement of enormous chunks of Earth's crust. This movement may be why life exists here. Earth is the only known planet with plate tectonics ...

The Earth is made up of different layers: Therefore, instead of tectonic plates moving because of the convection currents, evidence suggests it is the plates that drive the convection. Slab pull ...

Understanding plate tectonics is key to grasping how the Earth’s geology works and how oceans and continents came to be.