For geologists, a continent is a large area of thick continental ... the U.S., Denmark and Tasmania compiled a new geological map using a combination of rock samples recovered from the sea and ...

It shows all seven continents, Europe ... Instead, it’s much easier to use a map or a book of maps called an atlas. An atlas has pictures of the same places as the globe but they are spread ...

It is reported the continent experiences anywhere from 200 to 400 tornadoes each year. As this map shows, Italy and the Netherlands do bear a brunt of those recorded. Note: Some of these maps ...

Scientists and geologists have discovered something shocking on the Earth’s map. The continent of Africa is splitting in two, which means that a new ocean could form over time. This split could change ...

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 ...

is more of an archipelago than a continent anyway. Some maps count much of Polynesia as part of the Australian continent. Six countries are so big they dominate their continent with about a third ...

Oceania is a region of islands which includes Australia but is not classed as a continent. Plate tectonics seems to be crucial for life on Earth, but we’ve never confirmed that it happens on ...