For millions of years, as the Arabian and Eurasian continental plates have drifted toward each other, the underground ancient ...

An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the Zagros Mountains in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on how much the surface ...

Grasslands in Asia and North America differ in their responses to drought, according to a paper in the journal Nature led by ...

Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

Earth might not have seven continents after all. From an early age, most of us are taught to recognize seven continents: ...

Mount Vesuvius may be Europe's most famous volcano, but lurking nearby is an ancient supervolcano, a ticking timebomb that ...