Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa, ...

You might think you know all of Earth’s continents, but there’s one that has remained hidden for millions of years. Zealandia, a massive landmass mostly submerged beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean, ...

Many authors have suggested that some Indian continental lithosphere has subducted, but owing to its buoyancy has underplated the Asian continent 4,5. More recently, tomographic imaging of the mantle ...