Around 10,000 years ago, as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading ...

Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in ...

Continental Drift In 1912 Alfred Wegener proposed that the continents had originated in the breakup of one supercontinent. His idea has not been widely accepted, hut new evidence suggests that the ...

If this was the case, then mountains would be spread evenly over the Earth’s surface. We know that this is not the case. Wegener suggested that mountains formed when the edge of a drifting ...

The breakup of ancient supercontinents would have had major effects on the evolution of living organisms. Does it explain the difference in the diversification of reptiles and mammals?

Technology and modern global politics are creating new challenges. Scientific, cultural and legal definitions of continental and oceanic regions continue to evolve. During the past decade ...

A reanalysis of paleomagnetic poles provides tighter bounds on the style and rate of motions of our whole planet with respect ...

When Scrat accidentally provokes a continental cataclysm with a storm, Manny is separated from Ellie and Peaches on an iceberg with Diego, Sid and Granny but he promises that he will find a way to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...