Scotese studies how plate tectonics and a warming climate will change Earth's appearance in the future, and he has made multiple animated maps based from his research. For more animations from ...

The Earth’s surface is constantly shifting, though at a pace so slow we rarely notice. But if we fast-forward 250 million ...

It has vast water oceans and abundant life. But Earth is also unique because it is the only planet with plate tectonics, which shaped its geology, climate and possibly influenced the evolution of ...

In plate tectonics, pancake-like chunks of brittle ... may lead to better hints of exoplanet geology in the near future. But Earth's close neighbors deserve scrutiny, too, said Craig O'Neill ...

A University of Bristol simulation predicts the formation of supercontinent Pangaea Ultima within 250 million years, making Earth uninhabitable due to ...

The Earth is made up of different layers: Therefore, instead of tectonic plates moving because of the convection currents, evidence suggests it is the plates that drive the convection. Slab pull ...

The Earth is made of different layers: the core, mantle and crust. Plate tectonic theory shows that the crust of the Earth is split into plates (pieces of the Earth’s crust). The movement of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners ... meets with many other tectonic plates. The Ring of Fire is where most of Earth's really big earthquakes happen. For ...