(WISH) – Geologists say they may have found a new continent. They are calling it “Zealandia,” according to a new study in the Geological Society of America’s journal, GSA Today. The study says ...

A large crack in the earth has appeared in areas of Kenya, followed by a series of earth tremors and quakes. They are pointing to a large crack, stretching several kilometres which surprisingly showed ...

A continent the size of Greenland has been found buried deep beneath Southern Europe, reshaping how scientists understand the region’s geological history. The discovery—first detailed in a landmark ...

Geologists have uncovered a sprawling lost continent known as Greater Adria, buried deep beneath modern-day Europe’s southern mountain chains. The findings—originally detailed in a peer-reviewed paper ...

Scientists recently published new ideas about why Earth’s toughest, oldest continents persist. These continents, known as cratons, have been on earth for more than two billion years. Andrew Zuza, an ...

The continental collisions that created this narrow Mideast waterway endowed the region with its petrochemical riches—and created a chokepoint that can disrupt the global oil trade.

An illustration depicting the formation of TTGs in a two-stage mantle plume-sagduction model. Geologists from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how the ...

For billions of years, Earth’s continents have stood firm, forming the foundation for mountains, rivers, and life itself. But what gave these massive slabs of rock their remarkable stability has long ...