Analyzing lava flows that solidified and then broke apart over a massive crack in Earth's crust in Turkey has brought new insights into how continents move over time, improving our understanding of ...

Earth scientists have discovered how continents are slowly peeled from beneath, fueling volcanic activity in an unexpected place: the oceans. The research, led by the University of Southampton, shows ...

Over tens of millions of years, as the familiar story goes, these giant hunks of rock slowly split apart, breaking up at a rate of just a millimeter — a little more than the thickness of a credit card ...