Researchers have discovered a potentially younger and active volcanic hotspot beneath the Cook Islands' waters, prompting ...

Around 250 million years ago, all of the continents were joined together as one supercontinent called Pangea. Over time, this huge mass of land split apart due to continental drift, eventually ...

You are probably more than familiar with the map of the world today ... sink below the less dense continental crust. This is the core idea behind plate tectonics, and the process of creation ...

What's more, plate tectonics also results in continental drift and the creation of conditions that produce large amounts of coal, a fossil fuel, he added. Coal, the buried and transformed remains ...

The mantle transition zone (MTZ), which occurs 410–670 kilometers below Earth's surface, may store several oceans' worth of water. This water, which is carried to such depths by subducting tectonic ...

Plate tectonics have been shifting the ... necessitating an official update. This continental drift also poses challenges for agriculture, automotive, and aviation industries, which must ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Confirmation of Continental Drift ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 218 No. 4 (April 1968), p. 52 doi:10.1038 ...