Geology
DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES: How Plate Tectonics Pull Apart
Beneath the oceans, lava erupts every day from mid-oceanic ridges. These divergent plate boundaries pull apart from each other creating new igneous rock. […]
Geology
Geology
NORTH AMERICAN PLATE: Tectonic Boundary Map and Movements
The North American plate extends all the way over the North pole to Siberia. It also includes Greenland, Cuba, the Bahamas and part of the Atlantic Ocean. […]
Geology
CENOZOIC ERA: Dinosaur Extinction to Human Evolution
The Cenozoic Era started with the extinction of dinosaurs and moved into the age of mammals.This led to the diversification and increase in size of mammals. […]
Geology
MESOZOIC ERA: Age of Reptiles, Dinosaurs and Conifers
The Mesozoic Era had a lot of “firsts”. For example, it had the first birds, first mammals, first dinosaurs and first flowering plants on Earth. […]
Geology
PALEOZOIC ERA: The Largest Diversification of Life in Earth’s History
The Paleozoic Era marked the first fossil records of animal life.The Cambrian explosion was the largest diversification of life in Earth’s history. […]
Geology
PROTEROZOIC EON: From Eukaryotes to Multicellular Organisms
In the Proterozoic Eon, key highlights are: ozone layer thickened, an oxygen crisis, Snowball Earth and eukaryotes and multicellular organisms evolved. […]
Geology
ARCHEAN EON: From Molten Lava to Oceans and Continents
Earth formed a stable climate in the Archean Eon. Because it cooled down from its molten state, Earth was able to support oceans, continents and oxygenation […]
Geology
HADEAN EON: The Formation of Earth
4,567,000,000 years ago, Earth was covered in molten lava. In the Hadean Eon, it was in its earliest stage of formation as it clumped from a cloud of dust. […]
Geology
EARTH TIMELINE: A Guide to Earth’s Geological History and Events [Infographic]
Since Earth’s creation, oceans, continents and life have emerged. From evolution to extinction, here are the geological events and history of Earth timeline […]
Geology
PANGAEA: Piecing Together the Supercontinent Jigsaw Puzzle
About 200 million years ago, all the continents were together as one giant supercontinent known as Pangaea. Over time, these continents have broken apart. […]
Geology
CONTINENTAL DRIFT: A Tale of Moving Continents and Plate Tectonics
Plate tectonics are deceptively slow. It’s just centimeters each year. Continental drift is the idea that continents passively move due to tectonic activity […]
Geology
MANTLE CONVECTION: Earth’s Plate Tectonic Conveyor Belt
Under the rigid layer of rock we live on, the Earth is plastic & more dense. Because of its fluid properties, mantle convection can occur within the Earth. […]
Geology
ANTARCTIC PLATE: The Drifting Continent of Antarctica
Antarctic plate holds the continent of Antarctica including the surrounding ocean. It shares borders with the African, Pacific & South American plate. […]
Geology
FOSSIL RECORDS: Frozen Photographs into Geological Time
When you unveil a fossil, it’s like rewinding into the past. Fossils are preserved remains from past living things such as bones, shells or exoskeletons. […]
Geology
INDO-AUSTRALIAN PLATE: The Australian and Indian Plates
The Indo-Australian Plate combines the Australian & Indian Plate. Widely considered two separate plates, it includes Australia, India and the Indian Ocean. […]
