Scientists have discovered indications that they might be connected below in more than one place ... redefine how we think of continents. The implications of these findings go beyond reshaping ...

Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds.

Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

A University of Derby study led by Dr. Phethean proposes Earth has six continents ... yet undiscovered geologic structure connecting the continents with one another. As per study, this ...

Plate tectonics seems to be crucial for life on Earth, but we’ve never ... America and Europe is actually one single large landmass rather than separate continents. “They are, in fact, still ...

This was when the Earth was one continent called Pangaea that slowly broke apart and spread out to form the continents we ...

To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...

Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a ... The two giant blobs — one beneath the Pacific Ocean and one beneath Africa — lie at the boundary between Earth's ...

Did you know that the driest continent on Earth is Antarctica ... by mountains that block moisture from reaching it, making it one of the driest locations in Antarctica. Like other lakes in ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

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