Across the planet, water makes up 71% of Earth’s surface. The remaining space is covered by land — continents and islands. Before Earth’s land formed the seven continents in the present day, all the ...

Beneath nearly two million square miles of Pacific Ocean lies a landmass larger than Greenland—one that remained hidden from formal scientific recognition until 2017. Zealandia, now classified as ...

A vast, mostly submerged landmass in the South Pacific, Zealandia, is now recognized as Earth's eighth continent. Recent mapping confirms its continental crust, scale, and ancient origins, challenging ...

In the earliest levels of school, we are taught about Earth's seven continents, but a growing body of evidence has geologists reconsidering this long-held belief. They argue that there are actually ...

Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average, two top climate monitoring organizations reported Monday, warning of the consequences for ...

Researchers with Utrecht University in the Netherlands have uncovered what became of a lost continent that broke off from Africa and wedged itself under Europe, creating mountain ranges that span ...

Dark Continent: Africa is known as the Dark Continent. Early European explorers used this term when they lacked proper information about Africa’s interior regions. Only the coastal areas were mapped, ...

The busy summer season in Antarctica begins in October and runs through February, when thousands of scientists from dozens of countries usually pack into the continent’s remote research stations.