It emphasizes the evidence supporting plate tectonics ... Keywords plate tectonics, continental drift, geological change, earthquakes, volcanic activity, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Iceland, San Andreas ...

Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, ...

Of course, fossils up a mountain are not evidence of a great flood ... a development from the continental drift theory first proposed in the 1920s. At the summit of Mount Everest, for example ...

A massive volcanic ridge beneath the Indian Ocean has just delivered a major surprise to geologists. According to a new study ...

Despite historical evidence that the river once flowed west ... While it might seem unchanging from a human viewpoint, the grand timeline of geology tells another story. Mountain formation, ...

These giant continental pileups are ... As the astronaut Neil Armstrong once said, “geologists have a saying – rock remembers”. The main evidence we have for any past events, especially ...

Plastic may have started a new geological era on our planet, sometimes called the Anthropocene. Hundreds and even thousands of years from now, scientists may date sediment layers by finding bits ...

We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

like those of Cynognathus—a wolf-sized reptile found in both Africa and South America—suggest that these continents were once joined before continental drift separated them. The Geological ...

Since its discovery in 1948, these factors have led many to theorise that the boat-shaped geological structure is really the fossilised wood of Noah's Ark. However, this latest evidence is far ...

“It’s tricky to pinpoint the timing of such processes, because the geologic evidence has often been erased.” But a new thermochronological approach by Ault’s doctoral student Jordan Jensen ...