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 how ...

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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 ...

Scientists recently published new ideas about why Earth’s toughest, oldest continents persist. These continents, known as cratons, have been on earth for more than two billion years. Andrew Zuza, an ...