The changing latitude of the continent is one of factors determing the climate for that area and there for the type of life the lives there. The changes in the earth are linked to things like earth quakes, volcanoes and mountain building events among other events. read more
Continental drift was a theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface. Set forth in 1912 by Alfred Wegener, a geophysicist and meteorologist, continental drift also explained why look-alike animal and plant fossils, and similar rock formations, are found on different continents. read more