The ‘Somalaya Mountains’ Might Be The Biggest Mountain Range You’ll Never Get to See

Every geography schoolbook has them: maps that look like today’s Earth, but not quite, since all continents are merged into a single supercontinent. Those maps were used to explain why dinosaurs in South America and Africa, or North America and Europe looked so alike.   Paleogeographic reconstructions like these provide context to study the processes … Read more

How a Geological Secret Passageway Under Panama Moves Rocks Thousands of Miles Away

A geological secret passage beneath Panama may explain why rocks from Earth’s mantle are found more than 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) from where they originated.  This opening, located some 62 miles below Earth’s surface, may allow a flow of mantle materials to travel all the way from beneath the Galápagos Islands to beneath Panama.    … Read more