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Discovery: continents disintegrating at their base

The continents we know are not stable entities. According to a study published in Nature Geoscience, their base undergoes continuous erosion from movements in the Earth's mantle. Fragments of the ...
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15 facts about the world’s continents you should know (but probably don’t)

Most people can point to the seven continents on a map, but the actual reality of these massive landmasses is […] ...