Earth might not have seven continents after all. From an early age, most of us are taught to recognize seven continents: ...

Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds.

Over 25 years ago, researchers discovered that some of these deep Earth reverberations pointed to the existence of two ...

Two enormous continent-sized "islands" found buried deep inside the Earth's mantle are challenging our ideas about our planet's inner workings. These unexpected regions of the Earth's innards ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But ...

Scientists have discovered hidden treasures in the Earth's mantle. Hidden deep within Earth's mantle are two colossal ...

The researchers theorize that these far-off remnants could either be deposits of silica-rich material that have hung around since the formation of the mantle four billion years ago, or areas where ...

Deep within Earth’s mantle lie two enormous regions, often referred to as "islands," which are the size of continents.

An international research team has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the Zagros Mountains in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on how much the surface of the Earth has bent over the last ...

Credit: KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could ... to reverberate through the whole planet, including the LLSVPs and the ...