Earth history: How continents were recycled Date: August 22, 2017 Source: Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum Summary: Researchers have used computer simulations to analyse how plate tectonics have evolved ...

Recent discoveries have unearthed a fascinating chapter in Earth’s geological history: a lost continent beneath southern ...

A rocky relationship: A history of Earth's continents breaking up and getting back together Date: August 7, 2019 Source: Johns Hopkins University Summary: A new study of rocks that formed billions ...

From Atlantis to Terra Australis, history is full of maps showing continents that never existed. These aren’t fantasy—they were once accepted as fact.

Tiny flaws in diamonds hold the secret to the formation of the first continents. In a new study, researchers used inclusions — imperfections derided by jewelers but valuable to scientists — to ...

In fact, over history they have assembled and broken up in the same way that continents and supercontinents have at Earth’s surface. We used Australia’s National Computational Infrastructure to run ...

By looking at zircon crystals in ancient volcanic rocks, scientists can decipher how volcanic activity changed over 60 million years, as North American grew westward.

Forget the legendary lost continent of Atlantis. Geologists have reconstructed, time slice by time slice, a nearly quarter-of-a-billion-year-long history of a vanished landmass that now lies submerged ...

Forget Atlantis. Scientists have uncovered evidence of an ancient “lost continent” under the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius, according to a new study.