The African continent is splitting along a triple junction of rifts that converge in Afar, Ethiopia. A new ocean may take ...

The 'Forces of the Future' report ultimately portrays the continent's outlook in 2026 as neither marginal nor passive.

After hundreds of years of speculation, scientists say they’ve finally mapped out Earth’s “lost” eighth continent, Zealandia. In a new study published in the journal Tectonics, researchers announced ...

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Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. Earth is usually said to have six ...

The mystery of a landmass that broke from modern-day western Australia and drifted to sea has been solved after 155 million years. Finally, geologists from Utrecht University in the Netherlands have ...

A group of geologists is making a new push to add an eighth continent to the accepted list, known as Zealandia. The scientists have been working for two decades gathering data to support their claim ...

If you thought discovering the 7 continents was a thing of centuries past, you'll be surprised to hear we misplaced an entire continent under the island of Mauritius. New data from crystals on the ...

Did you know our planet has seven huge areas called continents? They are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, ...

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