Even from space, you wouldn’t detect something important about Earth’s shape: It’s not perfectly round. It’s actually a ...

The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...

The black is where we still need modern measurements at a reasonable resolution We've just become a little less ignorant about Planet Earth ... the creation of a full map of the ocean floor ...

David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. For geologists ... the U.S., Denmark and Tasmania compiled a new geological map using a combination of rock samples recovered ...

Except in the crust, the interior of the Earth cannot be studied by drilling holes to take samples. Instead, scientists map the interior by watching how seismic waves from earthquakes are bent ...

The Earth has a layered structure made up of the ... The earliest ideas were from explorers and cartographers (people who drew maps). They noticed that coastlines of some countries looked like ...

I squeeze my body through a gap – clambering on my hands, knees and stomach – until the slanted gash in the Earth opens into ... lions' backs to help them map the elusive ocean floor.

named for a carving over the doorway of a winged god plunging toward Earth. Distinguished by its highly expressive relief sculpture, Palenque comprises temples, terraces, plazas, altars ...

Many of the effects of climate change are irreversible. Sea levels have been rising at a greater rate year after year, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates they could rise ...

For Google Maps users, this means a greater ability to discover new locations and plan trips and excursions more effectively.