The world’s smallest continent is on a slow but steady journey - one that is literally bringing it closer to Asia. About 300 to 200 million years ago, the Australian tectonic plate was part of ...

This reinterpretation challenges our standard teaching of how the continents evolved. Experts suspect that Iceland might hold fragments of submerged continental crust beneath thick, volcanic rock, ...

This was when the Earth was one continent called Pangaea that slowly broke apart and spread out to form the continents we know today. These continents aren’t going to stay in place forever ...

Dr Phethean said: "Fragments of lost continent submerged beneath the sea and kilometers of thin lava flows." By comparing the volcanic Afra region in Africa to Iceland, the team uncovered striking ...

It will weaken the ability of African countries to respond to health emergencies, and could lead to increases in death and illness on the continent. It will also have broader implications for ...

(Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva via AP) BERLIN (AP) — Denmark’s prime minister embarked on a tour of major European capitals Tuesday as the continent faces what she called “a more uncertain reality” ...

Dar es Salaam. The Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit 2025 opened officially in the city yesterday, with a call for collective efforts to meet the continent’s ambitious energy targets and addressing key ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

Two continent-sized regions deep in Earth’s mantle, known as LLSVPs, are hotter, older, and more rigid than their surroundings, contradicting the idea of a well-mixed mantle. Seismologists revealed ...

The teams were drawn into six groups each containing four sides ahead of the 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026 finals tournament that will be spread across six host cities and nine stadia in Morocco ...

A tectonic plate is a slab of solid rock that “floats.” The two tectonic plates that meet in Iceland are slowly drifting apart at about one inch per year. As the plates drift apart, magma from the ...

Scientists have discovered two continent-sized regions hidden deep within Earth’s mantle, referred to in a recent study as “islands.” Research from Utrecht University reveals that these regions are ...