Pangaea was a massive supercontinent that formed between 320 million and 195 million years ago. At that time, Earth didn't have seven continents, but instead one giant one surrounded by a single ocean ...

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 outer layer of the Earth, the solid crust we walk on, is made up of broken pieces, much like the shell of a broken egg. These pieces, the tectontic plates, move around the planet at speeds of a ...

The formation of a new “supercontinent” could wipe out humans and all other mammals still alive in 250 million years, researchers have predicted. Using the first-ever supercomputer climate models of ...

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 ...

Recently, my team reported unprecedented evidence of a continental connection between the ancient landmasses Laurentia (North America) and Iberia (the northern margin of Gondwana) in the Late ...

Earth’s continents are not fixed. Over hundreds of millions of years, they drift, collide and reassemble, forming vast ...

Pages 729-751. The Upper Palaeozoic collision of the Gondwana and Laurentia landmasses led to the formation of the Pangea supercontinent, once the Rheic Ocean was closed. The elongated suture ...

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 ...