Deep beneath the surface of our planet, from the Himalayas to East Africa and from the Atlantic seafloor to the Indian Ocean, ...

A recent study reveals that slow ocean expansion 15-6 million years ago caused sea levels to change and drop by up to 30 ...

Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed ...

Beneath the turquoise waters of the South Pacific hides a massive secret—Zealandia, a sunken landmass stretching nearly two ...

Imagine a world where the Americas were not connected—a time when wild Pacific waters crashed against scattered islands, and ...

These shifts pushed Zealandia away from its neighbors, setting the stage for its quiet descent beneath the ocean’s surface. Unlike nearby continents, Zealandia didn’t stay afloat. During the ...

Rocks formed in areas where tectonic plates collide and one slides beneath the other (subduction zones ... certain regions and laying the groundwork for the first continents. As these fragments ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

While most people think of continents as stationary masses, the truth is that every landmass on Earth is in motion, riding ...

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Scientists believe that the motion of Earth's continents through plate tectonics has been largely steady over millions of years. New research, however, suggests this drift can speed up or slow down ...