Scientists have identified the cause of the breakup of one of Earth's largest continents, which could eventually lead to the ...

Scientists confirm Zealandia, Earth's eighth continent, submerged almost two million square miles, with only 5% above water.

Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...

Australia is quietly moving faster than any other continent on Earth, shifting nearly 7 centimeters each year. This ...

But Wegener became an ardent champion of the drift theory, proposing it in the first instance in 1912, and developing his ideas in detail in The Origins of Continents and Oceans, published in 1915.

Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in the Atlantic Ocean, may have temporarily sped up -- with a little help ...

Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in the Atlantic Ocean, may have temporarily sped up—with a little help from ...

The Trump administration has inflicted despair across continents: in the bombed-out streets of Gaza, war-torn borders of Ukraine, and even in the once-assured homes of allies like Canada, Japan, ...

Continental drift and the more recent science of plate ... But in Wegener’s day, geological thinking stood firmly on a solid earth where continents and oceans were permanent features.

He explained that this movement follows a natural cycle in which continents drift apart and later merge again — a process that has played out repeatedly in Earth's history. Australia's ...

Two continents are drifting at a rate of 7 centimeters per year and could eventually collide, reshaping the planet. Scores of workers trapped in Bangkok building collapse after Myanmar earthquake ...