The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated ...

Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, most of the remnants of a 2 million square mile lost continent known as Zealandia have fascinated scientists since 2017. Now, researchers from GNS Science in New ...

We’re all reminded from time to time that Earth’s tectonic plates are in constant flux. There was recent news, for example, that the odds of a San Andreas quake occurring between the Pacific and North ...

After hundreds of years of speculation, scientists say they’ve finally mapped out Earth’s “lost” eighth continent, Zealandia. In a new study published in the journal Tectonics, researchers announced ...

Newly released maps of Zealandia, a massive sunken landmass many have argued should be classified as Earth's eighth continent, are revealing the topography of this underwater land in unprecedented ...

EVER since Wegener published in 1915 his remarkable theory of the drift of the continents and the movement of the poles, most of us have viewed a map of the world with entirely different eyes, and it ...

Ever wanted to know what people think of Earth? Google Maps lets you leave reviews for pretty much anything you can search for — including whole continents and oceans. Credit: Google Maps The denizens ...

About 3,500 feet under the south Pacific sits a piece of land 2 million square miles in size — about half as big as Australia. But scientists can't agree on whether this submerged land mass, called ...

Pangea may have vanished 200 million years ago, but it left a trail of clues in rocks, fossils, and even magnetic fields that ...

Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, most of the remnants of a 2 million square foot lost continent known as Zealandia have fascinated scientists since 2017. Now, researchers from GNS Science in New ...