This study presents the first physical evidence that Snowball Earth reached the heart of continents at the equator.' ...

Even the criteria used to define a continent is fraught, with some geologists arguing for the existence of “Zealandia” and ...

We have an extremely incomplete picture of what these snowball periods looked like, and Antarctic terrain provides different ...

Beneath the waves of the South Pacific lies Zealandia, a submerged landmass spanning nearly two million square miles. Often ...

Ever since the term “Snowball Earth” was first proposed in a 1992 paper, it has prompted substantial debate among scientists.

Immense glaciers once covered the entire Earth, reaching even the equator, geologists have confirmed. The discovery that this ...

Geologists have uncovered strong evidence from Colorado that massive glaciers covered Earth down to the equator hundreds of ...

One sunny spot in the southern hemisphere is both the smallest continent in the world and a country in its own right.

A new study predicts a grim future for humanity as Earth's continents drift towards forming a supercontinent. This will lead ...

Today, Antarctica is a huge frozen continent, though it was once temperate enough to be covered in swampy forests. Now, a ...

Imagine a world where continents are fused into one massive landmass, and life as we know it is on the brink of ...

Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...