It covers about a third of the Earth. The Pacific Ocean stretches from the continents of Asia and Oceania on the east, to North and South America on the west. It also stretches across both sides ...

During this period, oceans formed as land shifted and broke out of one big supercontinent into smaller ones. 3 min read Continents were on the move in the Cretaceous, busy remodeling the shape and ...

Oceans filled the areas between these new sub-continents. The land masses continued to move apart, riding on separate plates, until they reached the positions they currently occupy. These ...