Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

The land on Earth is made up of different pieces called continents ... is made up of large slabs called tectonic plates. The plates fit together like jigsaw puzzle pieces far beneath our feet.

Wegener had noticed that the borders of the continent matched up and fit together, almost like a giant jigsaw puzzle ... of ...

4 min read There are a few handfuls of major plates and dozens of smaller, or minor, plates. Six of the majors are named for the continents ... below propel them along like a jumble of conveyor ...

This was when the Earth was one continent called Pangaea that slowly broke apart and spread out to form the continents we know today. These continents aren’t going to stay in place forever, however. A ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But do other planets in the solar system have them too?

The presence of oceans, continents ... complex organisms like animals didn’t appear until about 600 million years ago, which is not long after the modern episode of plate tectonics began ...

The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants ... similarly and annoyingly out of reach. However, just like astronomers and quantum physicists, geologists have ...

The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants ... similarly and annoyingly out of reach. However, just like astronomers and quantum physicists, geologists have ...