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Earth has six continents not seven, radical new study claims

Earth has six continents not seven, radical new study claims

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Forget what you learnt in elementary school geography, Earth apparently doesn’t have seven continents after all. From a young age, we’re taught ...

Zealandia is the first continent on Earth to be completely mapped

Zealandia is the first continent on Earth to be completely mapped

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

You might think you know all the continents, but what about Zealandia? In 2017, a previously unknown contingent of the shores of ...

India is starting to split in two, new study discovers

India is starting to split in two, new study discovers

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

India is changing drastically under the Earth’s surface, as a new study has revealed that the Indian Continental Plate could be splitting ...

Scientists discover continent that had been missing for 375 years

Scientists discover continent that had been missing for 375 years

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Geoscientists discovered a continent that had been hiding in plain sight for almost 375 years. Historically, there’s been speculation about whether a ...

Scientists discover remnants of lost continent Argoland

Scientists discover remnants of lost continent Argoland

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

The Earth is, in many ways, an ever-changing jigsaw puzzle, and experts dedicate their entire careers to hunting down the pieces. Now, ...