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 story of Atlantis, a mythological continent that vanished into the sea after its inhabitants displeased the gods, has fascinated people for thousands of years. However, the idea of a whole ...

The Earth may eventually have a new ocean. Tectonic plate movement under a section of Northern Africa could pull the area that is currently Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea away from the rest of the ...

Millions of years from now, Northern Africa could be home to a new ocean as tectonic plates pull apart along the East African Rift System, scientists say. Experts have long known that portions of the ...

View post: REI's Top-Rated Winter Gloves That Are Warm Enough for 'Single-Digit Temperatures' Are 30% Off Africa’s future coastline might look a lot different…millions of years from now, that is.

Deep beneath your feet, far beyond where any drill can reach, something strange is hiding. Two continent-sized blobs of rock sit just above Earth’s core, hot, dense and stubbornly different from ...

Earth scientists have discovered how continents are slowly peeled from beneath, fuelling volcanic activity in an unexpected place: the oceans. The research, led by the University of Southampton, shows ...

Ancient Australian rocks suggest Earth’s continents formed later than expected and share a common origin with the Moon.

In the past, when West Antarctica melted, there was a rapid uptick in onshore geological activity in the area.