Forget what you learnt in elementary school geography, Earth apparently doesn’t have seven continents after all. From a young age, we’re taught that the world is made up of Africa, Antarctica ...

A globe is a model of planet Earth, showing how it looks from space. This one shows all the countries of the world, almost 200, including the UK. It shows all seven continents, Europe, Africa ...

The competition involves running seven marathons on seven continents – seven days in a row. The first marathon will take place in Antarctica on Jan. 31, 2025. From there, Gamblin and other ...

Zealandia, which separated from Australia millions of years ago and was once Earth's eighth ... but only 7% of it is above sea level." In order to be classified as a continent, a landmass needs ...

Here’s how it works. Antarctica is Earth's frozen continent. Covering 5.5 million square miles (14.2 million square kilometers), it's bigger than Europe and Australia. It holds about 60% of ...

An adventurous eight-year-old boy has become the youngest ever Brit to visit the world’s seven continents. Intrepid Jamie Meconi bagged the impressive record after he arrived on Antarctica’s ...

David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. For geologists, a continent is a large area of thick continental crust composed of granite or similar igneous rocks, forming the ...