The hidden chemistry of the Earth’s interior may play a far more dramatic role in shaping continents than previously imagined. According to a groundbreaking studypublished in Science Advances, ...

Beneath the turquoise waters of the South Pacific hides a massive secret—Zealandia, a sunken landmass stretching nearly two million square miles. Though mostly underwater, this geological giant has ...

A rhythmic mantle plume, like a "geological heartbeat," was discovered beneath Ethiopia at the Afar Depression, ripping the ...

Beneath the African continent, powerful plumes of molten rock are slowly reshaping the land from below. Scientists studying ...

A new study dates a Scottish meteorite impact to 990 million years ago, changing the timeline of complex life on Earth.

Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in school. By Matt Kaplan The world is split up into continents, there are ...

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa, ...

The mostly submarine continent includes New Zealand. — -- We're taught in elementary school that there are seven continents on Earth -- Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America ...

Earth's tropical regions drive some of the most powerful weather and climate variability globally. Among these, the ...