Earth might not have seven continents after all. From an early age, most of us are taught to recognize seven continents: ...

A plume of molten rock rising from the depths of the Earth in heartbeat-like pulses is slowly tearing Africa apart—and will ...

As Earth's tectonic plates move across the planet's surface, the continents that sit atop them are carried along, sometimes smashing together for many millions of years at a time. As the ...

Scientists solve mystery of some of Earth’s most dramatic landscapes - Results showed that when continents split, the ...

Simulations suggest the first continents remained weak for billions of years, and were prone to destruction. Early on, Earth's landforms were easy to melt, making them more malleable, allowing ...

Certain high landforms such as southern Africa’s Drakensberg escarpment (shown) may form when waves in Earth’s mantle gradually excoriate a continent’s keel, buoying up the surface.

Though mostly underwater, this geological giant has sparked debate as a possible eighth continent. Just 5% of its surface peeks above sea level, making it one of Earth’s most elusive landforms.

An out-of-this-world ingredient made Earth's continents. Menu. Science. Asteroids may have carved Earth's landforms as we know them — study. Ancient asteroids may have shaped landforms on Earth.

And a relatively low continent means a dry continent. Much of the rain that falls, falls on mountains around the world, but we don't have many big mountain ranges, so our rivers end up struggling.

Found – one lost continent, hiding underneath a tropical holiday destination. It might sound implausible, but deep at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, a research team, led by South Africa’s ...