For millions of years, Earth's continents have been slowly drifting across the planet—and scientists believe they're heading toward another massive collision. The formation of a future supercontinent ...

New research presented at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union highlights the future of our continents – a future which suggests renewed unity, quite literally. Just as our continents ...

In “Evidence falls into place for once and future supercontinents“, contributing correspondent Alexandra Witze explores the long-term motions of the planet’s portable continents. Within this blue dot, ...

“The chemical striping suggests the plume is pulsing, like a heartbeat.” That is how Professor Tom Gernon of the University of Southampton reports a breakthrough which is revolutionizing our knowledge ...