Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in school. By Matt Kaplan The world is split up into continents, there are ...

Jun 2, 2024 Jun 2, 2024 Updated Jul 7, 2025 The jaguar crossing signs along the roads in Argentina gave Cole Sjoholm a bit of pause. “I mean, I’m traveling by myself,” he said. Perhaps he should be a ...

Have you ever thought about the seven continents that make up our world? From Asia, the largest and most populous, to the icy expanse of Antarctica, each landmass is unique. We have Africa, often ...

Researchers discovered that continents don’t just split at the surface—they also peel from below, feeding volcanic activity in the oceans. Simulations reveal that slow mantle waves strip continental ...