Ancient Australian rocks suggest Earth’s continents formed later than expected and share a common origin with the Moon.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. The chemistry of crystals in some of Earth’s oldest rocks may ...

They say we know more about the surface of the Moon than we do about the bottom of the ocean, but it still might surprise you to learn that we only just officially recognized one of Earth’s continents ...

The Earth may eventually have a new ocean. Tectonic plate movement under a section of Northern Africa could pull the area that is currently Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea away from the rest of the ...

For billions of years, Earth’s continents have stood firm, forming the foundation for mountains, rivers, and life itself. But what gave these massive slabs of rock their remarkable stability has long ...

Far beneath the South Pacific, a continent the size of India has finally stepped out of the cartographic shadows. After ...

The Cambrian Explosion in which life on Earth underwent massive diversification was likely triggered by eccentricities in Earth’s orbit around our Sun. Or so say the authors of a new paper just ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

New research examining over 20 years of data captured by NASA’s twin climate satellites, GRACE and GRACE-FO, has revealed an “unprecedented” level of water loss among the planet’s continents, creating ...

Earth's continents are losing 4 Olympic swimming pools' worth of fresh water every second, with dire consequences for jobs, ...