Christianity will remain the world’s largest religion in 2050, but only slightly, with 31.4% identifying as Christian and 29.7% as Muslim. Muslims are projected to be the fastest-growing religious group, reaching almost 30% of the world’s population. The majority of the world’s Christians will live in sub-Saharan Africa, while Europe’s Christian population will decrease to […]
Australia has no active volcanoes due to its lack of plate boundaries. Although evidence suggests it had active volcanoes in the past, it has since drifted away. The closest active volcanoes are in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines, and New Zealand. The last recorded eruption in Australia was 5,000 years ago. Mauna Kea in […]
Zealandia and the Kerguelen plateau are two real submerged continents in the Southern Hemisphere. Zealandia is larger, with only 7% above water as New Zealand, while Kerguelen is smaller and located far from land. Both were part of Gondwana and sank millions of years ago. The term “sunken continent” is most often heard in association […]
The concept of lost continents, such as Atlantis, is often mistaken as real, but they only exist through myths or archaeological evidence. During the last ice age, many areas now flooded were once inhabited by humans, including Doggerland, Sundaland, and Beringia. Most human settlements from this period are now underwater, making archaeology difficult. The Kerguelen […]
Continents are large landmasses formed over millions of years through volcanic activity and orogeny events. The seven continents are Australia, Europe, Antarctica, South America, North America, Africa, and Asia. The continents drift on the mantle, and the supercontinent cycle predicts that they will come together again in the future. The rock that makes up continents […]
