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

Rivers began pumping weathered material into the sea about a billion years after Earth formed, suggesting continents may have gotten an early start.

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

Africa is dividing in two, and a new landmass and ocean may form sooner than expected. The change could alter the climate and ...

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

A shocking development has just emerged out and has come to light that a brand new continent might end up forming pretty soon ...

Love is a burning thing, and it makes a fiery ring […] And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire; the ring of fire.” This ...

Recently, I purchased a set of plates that looked like they were from the '70s, and I use them nearly every night. One evening while admiring the design, I began to wonder what year, exactly ...

Lijun Liu, of the University of Illinois, will present his lecture at 11 a.m. EDT on May 10, 2018, in the Greenewalt Lecture Hall as part of DTM's Weekly Seminar Series. Coffee, tea, and a light ...

The subterranean aquifer lurking in the mountains contains three times as much water as Lake Mead at full capacity.

"It is a continental-size lake stored in the rocks ... de Fuca Plate being pushed beneath the larger North American Plate at a convergent plate boundary known as the Cascadia Subduction Zone.