Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

Africa is dividing in two, and a new landmass and ocean may form sooner than expected. The change could alter the climate and ...

New reports have uncovered shocking details about the formation of the world’s sixth ocean!250 million years ago, the ...

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A subset of these planetesimals then accreted to form the Earth, which, over several hundred million years, formed a crust consisting of mobile tectonic plates that hosted the first biosphere. Dr. Fu ...

In a study that was published in the journal Gondwana Research, a team of scientists based in the UK and Sweden, reconstructed the plate tectonic movements that would have occurred in the area around ...

Researchers have discovered evidence suggesting that the Indian tectonic ... of the plate is detaching from the lighter upper part as it pushes against the Eurasian plate. This detachment is not a ...

Mexico lies on five tectonic plates that make it one of the world's most earthquake-vulnerable countries, particularly on the Pacific coast. In 1985 an 8.1 magnitude quake centered on the Pacific ...

Jupiter's Moon io. Credit: Unsplash+. It has been thought that the existence of plate tectonics has been a significant factor in the shaping of our planet and the evolution of life. Mars and Venus ...

Of these, as many as 13 were between magnitude 5 and 6 while three were above magnitude 6.0. Every day two or more magnitude earthquakes have been happening for centuries to release the energy ...