The Pangean-era structure "It's being torn apart in real time" keeps the planet on edge. The ocean plate is now being torn ...

Roughly 250 million years ago, traveling from present-day Australia to North America would have been surprisingly simple-a ...

A University of Derby study led by Dr. Phethean proposes Earth has six continents, not seven. Using advanced geological ...

This results in the detection of a shadowy supercontinent, which can be said as still being somehow joined under some part of this earth. Iceland's role in the recent study This new theory holds a ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

This distribution reflects the last two supercontinent cycles over the past billion years, explained Luc Doucet, a senior research fellow in Earth and planetary sciences at Curtin University ...

These ancient buried "super-continents"—known to scientists as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs)—were found lurking below Africa and the Pacific Ocean, entombed some 1,200 miles below the ...

One supercontinent lies under Africa ... of evidence suggesting that the rocky mantle isn’t as well-stirred by Earth’s internal churning as once believed. And hidden structures or pockets ...

A new study suggests Earth may have six continents ... This raises the possibility of a hidden supercontinent in plain sight. Iceland, a volcanic island, holds vital clues about this theory.

New research suggests an ancient hotspot helped shape the Great Lakes, challenging traditional formation theories.

As two of Earth's great tectonic plates slowly crash together, the Mediterranean Sea is likely to be wiped off the face of ...