continents
Scientists Discover New Trigger for Mass Extinction of All Deep Ocean Life
The movement of continents over millions of years plays a surprising role in the survival of marine life, a new study reports.
The Atlantic Ocean Is Getting Bigger, And Scientists Now Think They Know Why
The Americas have been drifting apart from Europe and Africa at a rate of four centimeters a year, and a new study has revealed the dramatic processes at play.
There’s a Lost Continent 1,000 Miles Under Europe
Scientists tracked down the last remnants of Greater Adria, an ancient Greenland-sized landmass.
Geologists Show Tasmania and the Grand Canyon Were Connected on Ancient Supercontinent
Rocks from Arizona’s Unkar Group and Tasmania’s Rocky Cape Group were likely part of the same formation 1.1 billion years ago on the supercontinent Rodinia.
‘Slow Journalist’ Paul Salopek Is in India on His Epic 10-Year Walk Across Continents
The National Geographic Fellow is walking “Out of Eden” and into the defining conflicts of our time.
Make Antarctica Green Again?
Climate change could lead to camping out in the woods of the Antarctic.
Evidence of a Lost Micro-Continent Has Been Found Buried Under the Indian Ocean
It's not often that new pieces of continents are found.