Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, ...

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics ...

However, many years ago, the Earth looked very different to how it does today. Around 250 million years ago, all of the continents were joined together as one supercontinent called Pangea.

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 ...

The photos are put together like a huge jigsaw puzzle, which means we can view whole continents or even ... to show all or part of the Earth’s curved surface on a flat surface.

Ever since the continents were all mapped, people had noticed that many coastlines, like those of South America and Africa, looked as though they would fit together if they could be moved like ...