It covers about a third of the Earth. The Pacific Ocean stretches from the continents of Asia and Oceania on the east, to North and South America on the west. It also stretches across both sides ...

During this period, oceans formed as land shifted and broke out of one big supercontinent into smaller ones. 3 min read Continents were on the move in the Cretaceous, busy remodeling the shape and ...

A simulation on the origin and evolution of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has been conducted by a PKU research team ...

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It’s long been thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see in ...

Can you imagine seeing the formation of a whole new ocean? One of the continents seems to be tearing itself apart to form the Earth's sixth ocean.

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

Oceans filled the areas between these new sub-continents. The land masses continued to move apart, riding on separate plates, until they reached the positions they currently occupy. These ...

The dark areas are contintents, and the bright areas are dry ocean basins ... and it overed with a thick layer of dust. Mars has continents, Pollack continued, it must have geological activity ...

As global temperatures warm, the Southern Ocean -- between Antarctica and other continents -- will eventually release heat absorbed from the atmosphere, leading to projected long-term increases in ...

Ancient, expansive tracts of continental crust called cratons have helped keep Earth's continents stable for billions of ...