According to some, "the world is a big place," while others espouse the theory that the world "gets smaller every day." While this may seem like a contradiction, it appears that now you can have your ...

The movement of the tectonic plates influences the movement of Earth's continents. The Earth we see today, about 336 million years ago, was only one supercontinent known as Pangea. In this article, we ...

The Nazca Plate pushes from the West against the South American Plate with 66 mm/year, thus building up enormous pressure which is released through huge earthquakes. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!