There are seven continents on Earth, or so we learned in school. But it turns out that these designations are not as straightforward as they seem, and different scientists have different views on how ...

Continents are huge and home to lots of different people, cultures, countries, sceneries, animals, and more! But, what would the Earth look like if all those landmasses were smushed together like some ...

Scientists recently published new ideas about why Earth’s toughest, oldest continents persist. These continents, known as cratons, have been on earth for more than two billion years. Andrew Zuza, an ...

7 continents of the world: The Earth consists of 71% and 29% of landmasses. These land masses are further divided into continents. The complicated geological process of plate tectonics led to the ...

Earth scientists have discovered how continents are slowly peeled from beneath, fueling volcanic activity in an unexpected place: the oceans. The research, led by the University of Southampton, shows ...