Fossils from Earth’s biggest extinction reveal forest collapse triggered runaway warming - offering a warning for today’s ...

What if the supercontinent Pangea had never broken up? For millions of years, Pangea was a vast landmass that combined nearly all of Earth's continents. Its break-up, which began around 200 ...

Earth’s continents are drifting now, and they could merge back together in 250 million years, scientists predict. They’ve named the next supercontinent Pangea Ultima. And according to the new ...

Understanding Pangaea helps us comprehend the dynamic nature of Earth’s crust and the forces behind continental drift and plate tectonics .You’ll see detailed visualizations of Pangaea, learn ...

Plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth’s crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought—and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life. Skip to main content.

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life.

New research hints that plate tectonics began earlier than 4 billion years ago — not long after Earth had formed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

If the solar system’s hottest world, once had plate tectonics, maybe it was also capable of sustaining life long ago. New research has revealed Venus may have had Earth-like plate tectonics ...

On Earth, these plate tectonics have intensified over billions of years. This process has formed new continents, mountains, and led to the chemical reactions that stabilized Earth’s surface ...