For centuries, we have been taught that there are seven continents, but new research has suggested there are actually only ...

Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

While it is controversial to suggest that the GIFR contains a large amount of continental crust within it, and that the ...

A fascinating new study reveals how two of Earth’s established continents may constitute one whole landmass in itself.

As two of Earth's great tectonic plates slowly crash together, the Mediterranean Sea is likely to be wiped off the face of ...

Study Suggests Earth Has Only Six Continents and Not Seven; 'The North American and European Plates Have Not Officially Broken Up' Examinations of a strip of land stretching from Greenland through ...

New study questions whether the continents, North America and Europe, ever completely split apart tens of millions of years ...

Understanding plate tectonics is key to grasping how the Earth’s geology works and how oceans and continents came to be.

A University of Derby study led by Dr. Phethean proposes Earth has six continents, not seven. Using advanced geological techniques, researchers sugges ...

The Earth's hard outer layer (where we live) is called the crust. It is made up of large slabs called tectonic plates. The plates fit together like jigsaw puzzle pieces far beneath our feet.

Here we explain how and why the crisis developed. Iceland is a country of fire and ice, home to several volcanoes and straddling two tectonic plates. The Eyjafjallajokull volcano began erupting in ...

Map of the Word with lines marking boundaries of tectonic plates. Plate tectonics is a theory that explains how Earth’s lithosphere—its upper mantle and crust—is split into sections called ...