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 the Atlantic Ocean, may have temporarily sped up—with a little help from ...

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...

New research, however, suggests this drift can speed up or slow down over relatively short time periods. Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent ...

Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close ... long time—that processes like seafloor spreading and continental drift operate at timescales of millions of years driven by ...

The Atlantic Ocean has been widening for hundreds of millions of years, but its growth may have briefly gone into overdrive ...

Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent ... long time—that processes like seafloor spreading and continental drift operate at timescales of millions ...

Meltdown. The herd discovers ferociously funny beasts in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, and they embark on a high-seas adventure in Ice Age: Continental Drift. Finally, the herd faces a global ...

For now, the speed at which Greenland’s ice sheet is melting doesn’t appear to be increasing the rate of the planet’s continental drift. However, if the melt accelerates — a distinct possibility if ...