Forget what you learnt in elementary school geography, Earth apparently doesn’t have seven continents after all. From a young age, we’re taught that the world is made up of Africa, Antarctica, Asia, ...

A new controversial study suggests Earth has six, not seven, continents due to plates not breaking apart as previously believed. Iceland and the Greenland-Iceland-Faroe Ridge are connected to Canada ...

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa, ...

Continents are part of what makes Earth uniquely habitable for life among the planets of the solar system, yet surprisingly little is understood about what gave rise to these huge pieces of the planet ...

These ancient metamorphic rocks called gneisses, found on the Arctic Coast, represent the roots of the continents now exposed at the surface. The scientists said sedimentary rocks interlayered in ...

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All over the world, fresh water is disappearing, and a new analysis reveals that much of it is entering the ocean, with drying continents now contributing more to the alarming rise in global sea ...

A new study published in the journal Archaeology in Oceania has revealed shocking information about modern humans in Australia, dramatically rewriting the continent’s history. According to the ...

Diamonds can gush to the surface in violent eruptions. These eruptions have baffled scientists as they happen more often after continents break up. A new study provides an explanation, and it could ...

Remains of the “lost continent” known as Argoland, which once stretched the width of the United States, have been found, researchers said. Photo from Thomas Vimare, UnSplash While Atlantis — a fabled ...

New fossil research shows how human impacts, particularly through the rise of agriculture and livestock, have disrupted ...

One popular explanation for properties that result in dry land is unlikely according to new experiments The study, published today in Science, uses laboratory experiments to show that the ...