Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...

This layer is a part of the asthenosphere, which sits beneath the tectonic plates. The asthenosphere ... seismic detectors around the world and created a global map of the asthenosphere.

Plate tectonics can move continents ... Tharp argued this indicated that the ocean floor was expanding. Rifts and ridges The world ocean floor map created by Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen in ...

Plate tectonic theory shows that the crust of the ... moving at about the same speed as your fingernails grow, so the map of the world will continue to change, but just very, very, very slowly.

Plate tectonics also exposes rocks that react ... Earth's history is a leap forward in the scientific grand challenge to map our world. But it is just that — a first attempt.

Scientists have discovered a new layer of partly molten rock under the Earth's crust that might help settle a long-standing debate about how tectonic plates ... had a global map of the asthenosphere.

The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants ... and writes/edits about sci-fi and how our world works. You can find his previous stuff at Gizmodo and Paste if ...

A video of a California woman exploring a place where you can physically walk between two shifting tectonic plates has captivated ... one of the few places in the world where this geological ...