The story of Atlantis, a mythological continent that vanished into the sea after its inhabitants displeased the gods, has ...

Activity beneath the planet was as important as what happened on the surface of Earth, given its role in the planet's workings. A new study noted how Earth recycled its crust as the rifting of ...

Seen from space, our planet has often been called a "blue marble." It's not, however, just the swirly white clouds that give Earth its marbled appearance. The continents: They are what complete the ...

The Earth may eventually have a new ocean. Tectonic plate movement under a section of Northern Africa could pull the area that is currently Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea away from the rest of the ...

The surface of our world has been in a constant state of flux for millions of years. Continents have wandered, oceans have ...

The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated ...

Memorizing seven continents feels settled, like learning the alphabet. A new study argues the ground rules are less tidy.

Deep beneath your feet, far beyond where any drill can reach, something strange is hiding. Two continent-sized blobs of rock sit just above Earth’s core, hot, dense and stubbornly different from ...

Africa. This is happening along the East African Rift, a long stretch of land where the Earth’s surface is slowly pulling ...

View post: REI's Top-Rated Winter Gloves That Are Warm Enough for 'Single-Digit Temperatures' Are 30% Off Africa’s future coastline might look a lot different…millions of years from now, that is.

The Earth's crust is composed of approximately 15 to 20 tectonic plates, which float on molten magma beneath the Earth.