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A recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth sheds new light on the formation of the East Coast of the United States—a "passive margin," in geologic terms—during the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Over the past 2 billion years, Earth's continents have collided ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration of Earth 200 million years ago as Pangaea, the last supercontinent, began to break apart. The continents we live ...

Earth’s continents are not fixed in place. They drift, collide, and break apart over hundreds of millions of years, and new research suggests the next great reunion could create conditions so extreme ...

The creation of Earth’s next supercontinent Pangea Ultima could lead to a mass extinction of mammalian life in 250 million years, and render the vast majority of our planet’s landmasses unfit for ...

Researchers simulated temperature trends and tectonic plate movement to monitor their impact on mammals. Supercomputer simulation shows that climate extremes are likely to drive land mammal extinction ...

The formation of a new “supercontinent” has the potential to wipe out humans and all other mammal life in 250 million years, a new study found. In a study of the impacts of climate extremes, ...

The next supercontinent, Pangea Ultima, is likely to get so hot so quickly that mammals cannot adapt, a new supercomputer simulation has forecast. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...