A new controversial study suggests Earth has six, not seven, continents due to plates not breaking apart as previously believed. Iceland and the Greenland-Iceland-Faroe Ridge are connected to Canada ...

Earth’s continents are not fixed in place. They drift, collide, and break apart over hundreds of millions of years, and new ...

They're in the headlines every week—critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and the rare earth elements essential for high-technology and national security applications. Scientists at ...

Geoscientists say Earth will be home to one massive supercontinent about 200 million years from now; there are four prominent versions of this mega-continent. The climate might be surprisingly balmy ...

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, ...

All over the world, fresh water is disappearing, and a new analysis reveals that much of it is entering the ocean, with drying continents now contributing more to the alarming rise in global sea ...

Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought. New research led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has ...

First global map of mantle earthquakes reveals seismic activity far beneath continents, challenging old ideas about Earth’s ...

Tiny zircon crystals are revealing that Earth’s earliest history may have included surprisingly complex tectonic activity.