Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. A new study, using a combination of old models, new geophysical ...

Imagine standing on solid ground, feeling perfectly stable and secure. But what if you knew that beneath your feet, massive chunks of Earth’s crust are slowly grinding, sliding, and colliding with ...

Most people know that the land masses on which we all live represent just 30% of Earth’s surface, and the rest is covered by oceans. The emergence of the continents was a pivotal moment in the history ...

For most people, continents are Earth’s seven main large landmasses. But geoscientists have a different take on this. They look at the type of rock a feature is made of, rather than how much of its ...

The submerged continent of Zealandia broke away from the supercontinent Gondwanaland about 80 million years ago. For the past 23 million years the massive continent has been nearly completely ...