Billion-Year Journey of Earth’s Tectonic Plates Can you recognize your continent? A new simulation offers a different view of how the continents we live on drifted into their current configuration. Unlike on every other rocky planet in the solar system, Earth’s surface is a giant jigsaw puzzle whose pieces are constantly on the move. Each puzzle piece is a tectonic plate, tremendous tartines made of the planet’s crust and a rigid slice of the underlying, squidgy-but-solid mantle. These plates mo

In one of the most complete models ever put together, scientists have condensed a billion years of plate tectonic movements into a 40-second video clip. http://on.forbes.com/6188Hg3wu | Forbes

49K views · 694 reactions | Volcanoes are as dangerous as they are majestic. Over 50 eruptions rock our planet every year. This video helps you understand what causes volcanoes to form and erupt—and shows where they are most likely to be found. | National Geographic TV | Facebook