An incredible effort has been made to map the mystery missing continent of Zealandia which was only recently discovered ...

As you read this, the North American continent’s underside is dribbling away into Earth’s molten mantle. And according to ...

Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be ...

Zealandia was only recognised as Earth's eighth continent back in 2017 ... in addition to the landmass which we live upon and these are the most tricky parts to map out and gain a full picture of.

Scientists have discovered that a portion of the North American craton is slowly dripping into Earth's mantle, challenging ...

Two continents collided millions of years ago, forming a bridge that changed Earth's climate system and triggered one of history's greatest animal migrations.

A hidden continent existed under Greenland's ice. Scientists found this lost continental fragment. It is called the Davis ...

Lithospheric dripping occurs when the underside of Earth's rocky crust is heated to a certain temperature. As the rock melts, a drop starts to form, eventually becoming weighty enough to break off and ...

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Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Researchers have proposed many origins for a gravity anomaly in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, but the latest evidence ...

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