"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...

Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

Where convection currents push plates together, destructive plate boundaries (margins) are formed. Constructive plate margins close constructive plate marginAn area where two tectonic plates are ...

A fascinating new study reveals how two of Earth’s established continents may constitute one whole landmass in itself.

The world's smallest continent is on the move - creeping about 2.8 inches, or seven centimetres, a year towards southeast Asia.

Eagle-eyed geologist Mark Tingay recently noticed the emergence of a ‘ghost island’ in November of 2024, caused by a submarine mud volcano called Kumani Bank. Satellites show that the island formed 15 ...

Earth might not have seven continents after all. From an early age, most of us are taught to recognize seven continents: ...

Study Suggests Earth Has Only Six Continents and Not Seven; 'The North American and European Plates Have Not Officially Broken Up' Examinations of a strip of land stretching from Greenland through ...

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has rattled southern Texas in the vicinity of San Antonio, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ...

However, the most subtle of all these eruptive forces is the mud volcano—a geologic process that’s rare in North America, but all too common near tectonic plate boundaries in places like Italy ...

Despite its name, the “ring” is actually “in the shape of a horseshoe,” NOAA explains, reaching “from the southern tip of South America, along the west coast of North America ...

According to the team, there is a high chance that a connection exists between the volcanic eruption, the subsequent changes in climate, and the ritual sun stone sacrifices. In addition to a ...