one thing is certain: our understanding of Earth's structure continues to evolve. This study raises fundamental questions about how we define continents. Are they purely geological entities ...

Continents are difficult to define because the Earth is often changing. Originally, about 300-200 million years ago, Earth contained one landmass known as Pangea, a supercontinent that eventually ...

Seven Worlds, One Planet is back, and episode two is about the largest and most populous continent on Earth: Asia. Asia is massive and covers around 30% of the Earth’s land area. No other ...

The Earth is full of life ... Likely to the surprise of no one, the iciest continent doesn't fare particularly well when it comes to matters of biodiversity. That's not to say Antarctica is ...

Scientists have revealed that two continent-size regions in Earth's deep mantle have distinctive ... in height and thousands of kilometres wide. One common hypothesis is that the LLVPs are made ...