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

A fascinating new study reveals how two of Earth’s established continents may constitute one whole landmass in itself.

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

These ancient buried "super-continents"—known to scientists as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs)—were found ...

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 ...

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

A University of Derby study led by Dr. Phethean proposes Earth has six continents, not seven. Using advanced geological ...

AFRICA is splitting apart at double the speed than scientists first thought. A 35-mile-long crack in Ethiopia’s desert, first ...

While the actual dramatic split and creation of a new continent and ocean are at least a million years away and we'll all have shuffled off our mortal coils by then, the effects Professor Macdonald ...

Africa has been gradually splitting into two, slowly creating what will be a new ocean. While we first learned about this two ...

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