Data from NASA satellites show a plunge in freshwater on Earth since May 2014, with 13 of the 30 most powerful droughts ...

The data collected by GRACE revealed that beginning in May 2014, there was a plunge in Earth's freshwater supply, and the planet has still not recovered. The researchers suggest that this evidence ...

Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in school. By Matt Kaplan The world is split up into continents ...

Let’s face it: kids are not smart. That’s fine; they’re not meant to be – they have a lot of growing and learning left to do, ...

Forget what you learnt in elementary school geography, Earth apparently doesn’t have seven continents after all. From a young age, we’re taught that the world is made up of Africa, Antarctica, Asia, ...

At that time, Earth didn't have seven continents, but instead one giant one surrounded by a single ocean called Panthalassa. The explanation for Pangaea's formation ushered in the modern theory of ...

Geologists used to think Earth had six continents, but a new study adds a seventh: "Zealandia." Recent satellite data and rock samples are behind the conclusion. New Zealand and New Caledonia are ...

Did you know that continents are still moving and that in a few hundred million years, Earth will look very different?

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Microbes, including bacteria and fungi, travel in high-altitude winds, crossing continents. Study identified 266 fungi and ...