The knowledge of how Earth recycled its crust revealed that fragments of continents slowly peeled away and swept deep beneath ...

The continents we know are not stable entities. According to a study published in Nature Geoscience, their base undergoes ...

Once inside the oceanic mantle, bits of continents become part of the magma factory that powers ocean volcanoes.

Researchers discovered that continents don’t just split at the surface—they also peel from below, feeding volcanic activity in the oceans. Simulations reveal that slow mantle waves strip continental ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden geological process where fragments of continents are slowly stripped from below and swept deep into the oceanic mantle, sparking volcanic activity in unexpected ...

Detached continental material travels into oceanic mantle, sustaining eruptions for tens of millions of years, researchers ...

Millions of years from now, Northern Africa could be home to a new ocean as tectonic plates pull apart along the East African Rift System, scientists say. Experts have long known that portions of the ...

Earth scientists have discovered how continents are slowly peeled from beneath, fueling volcanic activity in an unexpected ...

Hidden beneath the brilliant blue waters of the Indian Ocean lies a secret, scientists say: an entire micro-continent that detached itself some 60 million years ago. And they found it through a few ...

An illustration provided to Reuters February 18, 2017 shows what geologists are calling Zealandia (C), a continent two-thirds the size of Australia lurking beneath the waves in the southwest Pacific.

Atlas Ocean Voyages has announced its deployment for the 2027-28 Antarctica season aboard the World Traveler and World ...