Earth’s continents are currently keeping a safe distance from one another, but what if they did slam together again, ...

The curious minds at What If examine whether life could survive if all continents merged into one giant landmass, imagining the ecological and climatic upheavals that would follow.

Scientists recently published new ideas about why Earth’s toughest, oldest continents persist. These continents, known as cratons, have been on earth for more than two billion years. Andrew Zuza, an ...