The continents of Asia and Australia are on the verge of collision. It will occur sooner than you anticipate. And it’s moving ...

This is understandable, given that knowledge about the Earth's tectonic plates was formed during a period when we also discovered fossil fuel reserves offshore from continental shelves.

If this was the case, then mountains would be spread evenly over the Earth’s surface. We know that this is not the case. Wegener suggested that mountains formed when the edge of a drifting ...

While this transformation won’t be complete for another 50 million years, the ongoing drift is already ... s eventual split. Future Ocean to Form Once the continental split completes, a new ...