Our work allows us to update maps of tectonic plates and the formation of continents that are found in classroom textbooks. These plate models which have been assembled from topographic models and ...

“Knowing where all the subducted oceanic crust has gone over the past 300 million years will allow us to play back the movie of plate tectonics in reverse,” says Steve Jacobsen of Northwestern ...

Eventually, it is understood that the Earth’s tectonic plates will come together against and form a new supercontinent, a process predicted to happen roughly 200 to 300 million years from now ...

New map of Earth’s tectonic plates ‘could help predict natural disasters’ In new research, scientists have redrawn the boundaries of our planet’s architecture, Andy Gregory reports ...

Europe could be moving beneath Africa as the two continents shift closer together, scientists believe. Geologists say a pause in the movement between the two continents could mean the tectonic ...

In some cases the space is so narrow, you can touch North America and Europe at once. ... Swim between two tectonic plates. 25 June 2014. Share Save. Talia Avakian. Features correspondent.

13-year-old Charlotte Burns plans to dive between the Silfra fissure, the tectonic plates separating Europe and North America. Charlotte Burns, a 13-year-old schoolgirl from Kent in England, ...