The remaining land is mostly split into seven main divisions. These continents are Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Antarctica, Africa and Australia. Among the seven, Asia is the ...

the researchers used a new technique to analyze seismic data and build up a computer model of the crust and mantle beneath the North American continent. "Because of the use of this full-waveform ...

While the U.S. teaches that there are seven continents, Europe teaches that there are only six, with North and South America counting as one consolidated America. Some combine Europe and Asia into ...

From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Oceania, Europe, North America ... continent might need a rewrite. The map ...

it would mean that the tectonic plates of the European and North American continents are still in the process of breaking apart, leaving the world with six continents rather than seven.

Researchers have discovered that the North American continent is slowly losing rock from its underside in a process called "cratonic dripping." This is caused by the remnants of the Farallon Plate ...