Scientists discover continent that had been missing for 375 years ...
You think you know your continents? Think again. We're taught in elementary school that there are seven continents on Earth -- Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South ...
The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated ...
(WISH) – Geologists say they may have found a new continent. They are calling it “Zealandia,” according to a new study in the Geological Society of America’s journal, GSA Today. The study says ...
Across two very different continents, scientists are mapping vast systems of ancient tunnels that were not carved by rivers ...
Africa gradually pulled apart along the East African rift, a slow tectonic shift that could have formed a new ocean and ...
Scientists recently published new ideas about why Earth’s toughest, oldest continents persist. These continents, known as cratons, have been on earth for more than two billion years. Andrew Zuza, an ...
An illustration depicting the formation of TTGs in a two-stage mantle plume-sagduction model. Geologists from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how the ...
A large crack in the earth has appeared in areas of Kenya, followed by a series of earth tremors and quakes. They are pointing to a large crack, stretching several kilometres which surprisingly showed ...