A new study by Dr. Jordan Phethean, leader at the University of Derby, suggests that Earth has only six continents and not seven as conventionally accepted. The study challenges a time-honored ...

Forget what you learned in school—Earth might not have seven continents after all. From an early age, most of us are taught ...

New research challenges the long-held belief of seven continents, suggesting North America ... offering insights into Earth’s future landscape and resource locations. Dangerous emoji meanings ...

Before it split into the continents we know today, Earth was home to just a single landmass, or "supercontinent," called Pangea. Over tens of millions of years, as the familiar story goes ...

The Earth's continents are far from constant. Plate tectonics have caused the landmasses to shift over time, and another shift is occurring in the 21st century. Scientists have known for the past ...