While most people think of continents as stationary masses, the truth is that every landmass on Earth is in motion, riding ...

The discovery was made by a team of scientists from the UK and Sweden during a study of the ocean floor in the region.

A major geological surprise has been discovered deep under the icy waters between Greenland and Canada. A Surprising Find Beneath the Davis Strait Researchers from Sweden and the UK have discovered a ...

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

Check out 24 of the world’s must unusual landscapes — from the hellish Darvaza Gas Crater in Turkmenistan to the “snow ...

Western Australia. Image by MODIS Land Rapid Response Team ... just shake the ground – they could also shake up evolution! Researchers found that tectonic plate movements played a big role in the ...

De-Graft: OK, time to compare… The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is ... videoMountains - how tectonic plates create mountain ranges Exploring how tectonic plate movement creates mountains ...

For a long time, scientists believed that the Indian plate was steadily sliding underneath the Eurasian plate in a more smooth and constant motion. This movement was thought to be slowly lifting ...

The discovery highlights the significant role of lithospheric structures in influencing tectonic plate movement and suggests microcontinents are more common than previously believed. A major ...

Basically, the Earth is a dynamic, moving being, whose outer layer is not solid, but in fact, covered by giant slabs of rock called tectonic plates. OK, you might remember that from a geology class.