A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...

Imagine a world where the Americas were not connected—a time when wild Pacific waters crashed against scattered islands, and ...

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

According to the findings, North America and Europe—separated by the Atlantic Ocean—may still be geologically linked. "The ...

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...

Scientists believe that the motion of Earth's continents through plate tectonics has been largely steady over millions of years. New research, however, suggests this drift can speed up or slow down ...

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Plate tectonics is relatively new, put forth in the last 30 years or so — its forerunner was the now-discarded continental drift theory. The theory states that Earth's outer shell is made up of ...

Tectonic plates move - usually very slowly - and this ... than the fold mountains that are still growing - like in South America’s Andes, or the world’s tallest mountain, Everest, in the ...

The Silfra fissure in Iceland is the crack between North America and Europe. It is the only place in the world where you can swim between two tectonic plates. Produced by Claudia Romeo Latest ...