Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the“clocks” geologists use to date events can also be misread.

From Atlantis to Terra Australis, history is full of maps showing continents that never existed. These aren’t fantasy—they ...

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

Throughout Earth’s history, the continents have been constantly on the move, converging and diverging in cycles that have shaped the planet’s surface for billions of years. This process, known as ...