Memorizing seven continents feels settled, like learning the alphabet. A new study argues the ground rules are less tidy. The ...

In recent years, a large group of geologists has gathered enough evidence to support the recognition of an eighth. It’s called Zealandia, and it has been hiding in plain sight beneath the southwest ...

The first half-billion years of Earth science were gnarly. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When Earth was just a wee young thing, ...

Classical plate tectonic theory was developed in the 1960s. It proposed that the outer layer of our planet is made up of a small number of rigid plates separated by narrow boundaries. The surface of ...

Earth's continents are losing 4 Olympic swimming pools' worth of fresh water every second, with dire consequences for jobs, ...

A long time ago (way long), all of the earth's continents were squished together—one supercontinent and one superocean. You could basically walk from South America into Africa, or from Africa into ...

New research examining over 20 years of data captured by NASA’s twin climate satellites, GRACE and GRACE-FO, has revealed an “unprecedented” level of water loss among the planet’s continents, creating ...

The study has found a new geological feature that is connecting European and North American continents. Plate tectonics is a scientific theory that explains the movement of Earth's lithospheric plates ...

Nick's work has received grants from the Australian government and Australian Research Council From the 1950s until recently, we thought we had a clear idea of how continents form. Most people will ...

THERE are various continents that stretch between different regions of the Earth. While continents were formed similarly, various elements differentiate these ...