Earth's mass extinctions have come for the dinosaurs and a whopping 95 percent of ocean species. Mammals, like us, may be next — eventually. In intriguing new research published in the science journal ...

A new study published in Precambrian Research by Jawad Shabbir, a Ph.D. student at Peking University's School of Earth and ...

The creation of Earth’s next supercontinent Pangea Ultima could lead to a mass extinction of mammalian life in 250 million years, and render the vast majority of our planet’s landmasses unfit for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers simulated temperature trends and tectonic plate movement to monitor their impact on mammals. Supercomputer simulation ...

A recent study published in Nature examines how diamonds found deep within the Earth could help scientists better understand the formation and evolution of the ancient supercontinent, Gondwana, which ...

It's a creeping movement, but a momentous one. Some 200 million years ago, a single, extraordinary supercontinent called Pangea dominated Earth. Ultimately, landmasses ruptured and pulled apart, ...

Scientists used supercomputer modeling to predict that Earth will become home to a new supercontinent in less than 300 million years. In modeling the trending changes to patterns of oceans and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The formation of a new “supercontinent” could wipe out humans and all other mammals still alive in 250 million years, researchers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Over the past 2 billion years, Earth's continents have collided ...

Long before the continents spread across the globe, Earth held one connected landmass known as Pangaea. This supercontinent formed hundreds of millions of years ago and helps explain why distant ...

When a new supercontinent forms, it could be enough to send temperatures rising even more steeply than they already are. So steep, in fact, it would make Earth inhospitable to land mammals—including ...