Imagine a world where the Americas were not connected—a time when wild Pacific waters crashed against scattered islands, and ...

At the end of the last Ice Age, around 10,000 years ago, the melting of massive glaciers may have done more than just raise ...

Around 10,000 years ago, as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading ...

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...

Together, surface and deepwater currents form the “global conveyor belt,” which circulates seawater over a 1,000-year journey ...

Tuesday was Earth Day, a call to action to encourage environmental protection and awareness.According to earthday.org, this ...

Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in ...

As the Trump administration ramps up attacks on the environment, a new tactic giving legal rights to lakes, rivers, and trees ...

We call these areas of saltwater oceans. The Earth has five oceans ... The Pacific Ocean borders three continents - Asia, North / South America and Oceania - and includes the deepest water ...

What roils beneath the Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even animal activity and evolution. In ...

The land bridge created by mantle-driven uplift gave early primates and other animals opportunities to branch out.