Rodinia was a supercontinent that included nearly all of Earth’s landmasses for about 450 million years during the ...

Recent scientific discoveries suggest the existence of a submerged continent beneath the Indian Ocean. This lost landmass, ...

Magma Study Challenges Leading Theory on Origin of Earth's Continents Published Aug 06, 2024 at 10:15 AM EDT Updated Aug 06, 2024 at 10:38 AM EDT By Jess Thomson ...

Scientists have revealed that two continent-size regions in Earth's deep mantle have distinctive histories and resulting chemical composition, in contrast to the common assumption they are the same.

The formation of Earth’s continents billions of years ago set the stage for life to thrive. But scientists disagree over how those land masses formed and if it was through geological processes we ...

Related: Fountains of diamonds that erupt from Earth's center are revealing the lost history of supercontinents Scientists have long known that continental rifts triggered the rise of massive ...

Blobs of rock are dripping off the underside of North America, likely caused by the remnants of a tectonic plate deep in ...

The two sub-continents, as well as any other areas causing seismic waves to slow, are known as Large Low Seismic Velocity Provinces, or LLSVPs.

The two giant blobs — one beneath the Pacific Ocean and one beneath Africa — lie at the boundary between Earth's mantle and its outer core, some 1,900 miles (3,000 kilometers) beneath the surface.

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...