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A Scientist Says That, Actually, Earth Might Have Six Continents
Although everyone learns that the Earth is neatly divided into seven continents (at least for now), a scientist from the University of Derby recently suggested that things may not be so clear cut.
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North America and Europe should be classed as ONE continent
Growing up, most of us learned that Earth is home to seven continents. But it may be time to rewrite the geography textbooks, as a controversial study now claims there are actually only six continents ...
Can we live on our planet without destroying it? Researcher investigates planetary boundaries
With eight billion people, we use a lot of the Earth's resources in ways that are likely unsustainable. Klaus Hubacek, ...
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Millions of phones create most complete map ever of the ionosphere
Researchers mapped Earth’s ionosphere, part of the upper atmosphere, using signal data from 40 million phones – a method that ...
What did the snowball Earth look like?
We have an extremely incomplete picture of what these snowball periods looked like, and Antarctic terrain provides different ...
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How the Discovery of America Shaped Food, Disease, and Societies Globally
The Columbian Exchange brought religious changes in the New Americas. “The Evangelization of Mexico,” Painting by Jose Vivar ...
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First Amber Discovered on Antarctic Continent
Alfred Wegener Institute and TU Bergakademie FreibergRoughly 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were ...
How NFL scout Mark Dulgerian scours four continents for talent
The NFL's international games, such as the Panthers and Giants facing off in Munich, have helped to build American football's ...