Beneath nearly two million square miles of Pacific Ocean lies a landmass larger than Greenland—one that remained hidden from ...

The formation of a sixth ocean, and the tectonic shifts that lie ahead, are proof that Earth is a dynamic, ever-evolving ...

Zealandia, considered a candidate for the Earth’s eighth continent, was mostly lost to the sea. Geologists say they’ve now ...

A giant continent, bigger than India, vanished beneath the Pacific Ocean for centuries, and the world didn’t even notice. Now ...

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 ...

Two enormous structures that sit at the border between the Earth's mantle and its core have puzzled scientists for decades.

The Afar region in northeastern Africa could split over millions of years, forming a new ocean. Scientists monitor rifts, ...

A new study suggests that structures at the core-mantle boundary are remnants of an early basal magma ocean linked to Earth's ...

Melting Antarctic ice reveals rocky peaks that release iron, which drifts into the ocean and helps tiny plants absorb carbon ...