Remarkably, it could one day lead to the formation of Earth's sixth ocean. At the heart of this phenomenon are tectonic plates—massive sections of the Earth's crust that move atop the semi-fluid ...

Deep within Earth’s mantle lie two enormous, continent-sized structures known as LLVPs. Scientists once believed these ...

The formation of Earth's continents billions of years ago set the stage for life to thrive. But scientists disagree over how those land masses formed and if it was through geological processes we ...