A geoscience study uncovered zircon evidence pointing to the possible remains of the lost continent of Lemuria under the ...

MYSTERIOUS ‘BLOBS’ lurking beneath the Earth’s surface could be responsible for the cataclysmic volcanic eruptions that ...

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

East Antarctica is the largest ice sheet on Earth. Alone, it holds enough frozen water to raise global sea levels by a ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by ...

Sea level on Earth has been rising and falling ever since there was water on the planet. Scientists were already able to use ...

‘US, China, India can all fit into Africa’: On a quest to fix the world map Commonly used projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is ...

Scientists confirm Zealandia, Earth's eighth continent, submerged almost two million square miles, with only 5% above water.

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...

Earth’s massive eighth continent has just been confirmed—and it rewrites the map of our planet. One of the most compelling aspects of this research lies in its integration of magnetic anomaly data ...