Afar is a hotspot with hot rock masses rising from deep within the mantle. It created volcanism and lifted the landscape in northeastern Africa. Hot rock masses then flowed further north beneath the ...

New data reveal a continuous corridor of toxic soil pollution stretching across continents. A ground-breaking new study has ...

Humans have established a permanent presence on nearly every continent, but how would the world be different if we had stayed ...

The horse originated in North America around four million years ago. As changing sea levels created land bridges between ...

Just imagine swimming in water as clear as crystal, so clean that you can drink it, surrounded by colossal rocks that are part of two continents ... North America and Eurasia apart from one ...

Scientists and geologists have discovered something shocking on the Earth’s map. The continent of Africa is splitting in two, which means that a new ocean could form over time. This split could change ...

Using advanced geological techniques, researchers suggest North America and Eurasia might be connected ... New study could redefine Earth’s continents and change global maps ...

The birds have white bodies and red beaks and are at risk of extinction. They breed in warm areas of the Eurasia continent, home to China and other countries, and fly over to northern Kyushu to ...

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In Europe and Latin America, people are often taught there are only six continents, combining North and South America into simply “America.” Others merge Europe and Asia into Eurasia.

The first and most obvious clue about Pangaea's existence was that the "continents fit together like a tongue and groove," something that was quite noticeable on any accurate map, Murphy said.