A University of Derby study led by Dr. Phethean proposes Earth has six continents, not seven. Using advanced geological ...

The reason is that 95 per cent of its area is submerged beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean, disappearing long before humans existed on Earth ... recently discovered continent, mainly due to ...

Zealandia, which some researchers believe could be considered Earth's eighth continent, is older than previously thought.

New research suggests Earth may have six continents, not seven, with North America and Europe still connected.

David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. For geologists, a continent is a large area ... and Tasmania compiled a new geological map using a combination of rock samples ...

The team focused on three types of underwater features: abyssal hills, small seamounts and continental margins ... NASA's SWOT satellite maps nearly of all Earth's water (video) — Watch ...

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 ...