This video explores what Earth could look like 250 million years in the future based on plate tectonics and world atlas reconstructions. Continents drift across the world map, with Africa colliding ...

(jacus/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Hundreds of millions of years ago, our world looked very different from the way it does ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that Africa may be undergoing a monumental geological transformation, as researchers identify ...

Scientists have discovered a long hidden plate boundary near the east coast of Africa that dates back about 180 million years ...

Ancient tectonic plates continue to reshape the Earth's interior and reveal a deep connection to its global dynamics ...

Earth's surface is a turbulent place. Mountains rise, continents merge and split, and earthquakes shake the ground. All of these processes result from plate tectonics, the movement of enormous chunks ...

Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing “icehouse” periods and warm “greenhouse” states. Scientists have long linked these climate ...