Two Buried Supercontinents Under Africa and the Pacific Ocean Could Be Much Older Than Previously Assumed Earth has several ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

Under the Pacific Ocean, hidden material was discovered in Earth’s mantle. So we have sunken, ancient worlds down there, and […] The post Underneath The Pacific Ocean, There Are Sunken Worlds In The ...

According to this model, submerged tectonic plates should be found near subduction zones ... researchers identified abnormal zones beneath the western Pacific Ocean, far from any known subduction zone ...

Specifically, they found areas in our planet's interior that appear to be the leftovers of submerged tectonic plates deep below ... be lurking deep below the Pacific Ocean, highlighting how ...

Dr Huang said by simulating how the Earth’s tectonic plates are expected to evolve, the team were able to show that "in less than 300 million years’ time it is likely to be the Pacific Ocean ...

“By simulating how the Earth's tectonic plates are expected to evolve using a supercomputer, we were able to show that in less than 300 million years' time it is likely to be the Pacific Ocean ...

We’ll begin with a brief survey of the geography, geology and plate tectonics of the Pacific basin, and how the different kinds of Pacific islands are formed from volcanic activity, erosion and the ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

Last week, about 60 miles off the coast near Ferndale, California, the tectonic plates shifted under the Pacific Ocean, sending seismic waves through the ocean floor that radiated onto land and ...

The Atlantic Ocean may begin to shrink ... as they are able to appear and close due to the work of plate tectonics. More specifically, subduction zones — where tectonic plates slip over and ...