Earth's mantle is so gooey, it takes eons for material that has been displaced by the weight of ice sheets to flow back. And ...

The dance of the continents has been reshaping Earth for billions of years, creating the landscapes we walk on today.

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Greenland is writhing as eons of ice accumulation and steady melting cause its foundations to change shape. This deformation, according to researchers, could have a profound effect on the future of ...

The discovery of a new primitive microcontinent between Greenland and Canada could help scientists understand how microcontinents form. Researchers studied how the tectonic plates of the Davis Strait ...

The Davis Strait, west of Greenland, holds a long-lost chunk of an almost-continent that didn't quite form about 58 million years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Forget what you learned in school—Earth might not have seven continents after all. From an early age, most of us are taught ...

A video of a California woman exploring a place where you can physically walk between two shifting tectonic plates has captivated viewers on TikTok. The clip of the rare geological wonder, which was ...

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Roughly 124 miles (200 kilometers) beneath the Appalachian Mountains in New England lies the aptly named Northern Appalachian Anomaly (NAA), a mysterious 218-mile-wide (350-km) region of unusually hot ...