Well, scientists recently made a discovery, complementing those twilight reveries, with a discovery and mapping of earth’s ...

Mantle motions have major effects on topography and the distribution of ice sheets. The motions are key for researchers ...

New research on Ceres reveals hidden organic materials, suggesting subsurface reservoirs and internal energy sources.

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, which includes the Gulf Stream, is vital to Earth's climate. Its weakening could spell disaster.

NOAA's viewer shows which cities may be impacted along each coast, with dark blue areas indicating significant projected ...

Thus, migrating insects could potentially spread these fungal diseases across continents, posing risks to ecosystems and ...

Zealandia, Earth’s eighth continent, was mostly lost to the sea. Geologists say they’ve now mapped the entirety of the ...

The Mercator Projection, Ptolemy’s ‘Geographia’, the Fra Mauro Map, and even Google Maps have all shaped how we experience ...

Summer’s often a balance in Australian waters. One the one hand, warmer waters, much longer days, and heaps of time off. On ...

Let’s face it: kids are not smart. That’s fine; they’re not meant to be – they have a lot of growing and learning left to do, ...

During the five years of making it, 728 crew members on all seven continents and the surrounding five oceans put in over 53,000 hours in the field. Despite all this experience, those watching ...

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