For centuries, we have been taught that there are seven continents, but new research has suggested there are actually only ...

It sits directly across the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates, which are slowly pulling apart. Europe has a high population density compared to other continents. This means it has a high ...

As two of Earth's great tectonic plates slowly crash together, the Mediterranean Sea is likely to be wiped off the face of ...

While it is controversial to suggest that the GIFR contains a large amount of continental crust within it, and that the ...

Hundreds of people left Santorini on ferries and planes on Tuesday to reach safety in Athens as a series of quakes kept ...

Here we explain how and why the crisis developed. Iceland is a country of fire and ice, home to several volcanoes and straddling two tectonic plates. The Eyjafjallajokull volcano began erupting in ...

Geology. The presence of oceans, continents and plate tectonics on Earth is most likely the reason there is no evidence for advanced extraterrestrial civilizations, according to new research by ...

According to current theories about plate tectonics, there should not be subducted ... one of the most powerful in Europe. "The waves we use for the model essentially only represent one property ...