Plate tectonics is the theory used to explain the structure of the Earth’s crust and many of the associated phenomena. The rigid lithosphere is split into 7 major ‘plates’ that slowly move on top of ...

WE really are one world, according to the findings of AlfredWegener, a guy who really knew his weather. Born on Nov. 1, 1880, in Germany, he received a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Berlin ...

The theory of continental drift is one of the most fundamental ideas in the field of geology. It explains how the Earth’s continents have moved over time, and how they continue to move today. This ...

The theory of continental drift, the idea that the continents are islands of rock adrift on the earth's molten core, first gained acceptance in... Nov 10, 2016 — The theory of continental drift, the ...

The positions of the continents and ocean bodies have not been same in the past. The fact that continents shift their positions was proposed as early as in 1596. However, it was Alfred Wegener, a ...

History is full of scientific ideas that sounded absurd, offended common sense, or clashed with powerful institutions, only ...

Six seismologists and a civil servant, charged with manslaughter for failing to predict a 2009 earthquake that killed 308 people in the Apennine Mountain city of L’Aquila, in Italy, will serve six ...

Alfred Wegener was the first to offer evidence that our continents were once one great land mass. WE really are one world, according to the findings of Alfred Wegener, a guy who really knew his ...

Alfred Wegener was the geologist who in 1924 propagated the theory of continental drift which is very much in vogue now. According to this theory, nearly 150 million years ago, there was a single ...