The Continental Drift Theory, proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1912, explains that all continents were once part of a supercontinent called Pangaea, which later broke apart and drifted to their present ...

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 ...

In the early 20th century, one man withstood a lifetime of ridicule to uphold the revolutionary idea that land masses move. Scientific opinion shifts in the same way continents do — very, very slowly.

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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 ...