In fact, the continent is drifting at around 2.8 inches (7cm) per year which is comparable to the rate our fingernails grow.

A continent is drifting towards Asia at a surprising speed and the inevitable collision will impact the natural world as we know it, one expert warns ...

Unlike other continents, Australia has remained geologically stable for much of its history. But despite its age, the landmass is still on the move and keeps drifting northeast at around seven ...

Ever since the continents were all mapped, people had noticed that many coastlines, like those of South America and Africa, looked as though they would fit together if they could be moved like ...

He explains that the movement is part of a cyclical pattern, where continents drift apart and then eventually come back together—a process that has occurred multiple times in Earth’s history.

We know that this is not the case. Wegener suggested that mountains formed when the edge of a drifting continent collided with another, causing it to crumple and fold. For example, the Himalayas ...

Alfred Wegener's idea of "continental drift" looked less ludicrous than his contemporaries had thought. There still seemed to be no way that continents could plow through the earth's surface on ...

Overall, Australia's gradual drift towards Asia is a geological process that will reshape not only the continent but the natural and technological face of the world as well. Though gradual ...

Experts warn that "something" in the core of the Earth is causing the magnetic pole to shift. North Pole is shifting toward Siberia and raising concern ...