These crustal collisions occur gradually over millions of years, yet have a profound impact in reshaping the Earth's surface.

A stunning new study is challenging the conventional wisdom about Earth’s continents. For years, we’ve been taught that Earth ...

The ocean plate was once the seafloor of Neotethys — an ocean that formed when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up into a ...

While continental drifts take eons to fully effectuate, this ongoing split has experts concerned about its rapid progress.