If the six-continent model gains traction, educational materials, maps, and even global politics could be affected. For now, the seven-continent model remains the standard. However, as new ...

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 ...

As scientists continue to investigate, the very map of the world we thought we ... Forget what you learned in school—Earth ...

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 ...