Scientists confirm Zealandia, Earth's eighth continent, submerged almost two million square miles, with only 5% above water.

Scientists have confirmed the existence of Zealandia, Earth's eighth continent, largely submerged for over 100 million years. This discovery, covering roughly two-thirds of Australia, challenges ...

According to scientists, that slow-motion drift will one day result in the total closure of the Pacific Basin and the birth ...

A new study published in Science Advances by researchers from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy ...

Australia, which has some of the most ambitious targets of shifting from hydrocarbons to wind and solar is set to miss those ... in the coming years. The continent’s dispatchable generation ...

continue to shape the continent's geology, influencing its future. The forming of the Earth's surface is driven by the movement of tectonic plates, which are an integral part of the Earth's crust.

Tectonic plates—huge, shifting slabs of the Earth’s crust—float atop a semi-fluid layer called the mantle. Their slow movements have built mountains, split continents, and now, they’re ...

How could such a massive mountain range form and still be preserved in the heart of an ancient, stable continent? Most major mountain chains mark the sites of tectonic collisions. For example ...

A new study published in Science Advances by researchers from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (GIG-CAS ...