The Continent's French Market, a European-inspired center for food vendors, opened in 1972. Photo date unknown. This story is part of the Curious Cbus project. You ask the questions, you vote for one ...
Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. Earth is usually said to have six ...
After hundreds of years of speculation, scientists say they’ve finally mapped out Earth’s “lost” eighth continent, Zealandia. In a new study published in the journal Tectonics, researchers announced ...
If you thought discovering the 7 continents was a thing of centuries past, you'll be surprised to hear we misplaced an entire continent under the island of Mauritius. New data from crystals on the ...
A group of geologists is making a new push to add an eighth continent to the accepted list, known as Zealandia. The scientists have been working for two decades gathering data to support their claim ...
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For much of modern geological history, the number of continents seemed fixed and unquestioned. Yet a mostly submerged landmass in the South Pacific has disrupted that familiar picture. Zealandia, ...
An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link About 3,500 feet under the south Pacific sits a piece of land 2 million square miles in size — about half as big as Australia. But scientists ...
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