Greenland is larger than any American state, but 80% of it is buried beneath an ice sheet. Almost 90% of the nearly 60,000 ...

See phenomenal photos of the world’s wonders from the February 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine.

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By Kristine Sabillo Researchers have released new maps documenting the “Great Nile Migration,” the Earth’s largest-known land ...

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Six million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea wasn’t nearly as picturesque as it is today. It was barely even a sea; tectonic activity had raised a mountain range in the Strait of Gibraltar ...

Two days after its new phase, the moon will make a close pass to Jupiter in the evening sky while the summer constellations ...

Meteor showers, eclipses and full moons will appear in California skies this summer. Mark your calendars with these dates, ...

The Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EEAS) offers undergraduate and graduate degrees with unique interdisciplinary study programs encompassing Geosciences, Meteorology, ...

As the commission develops its proposal for accommodating two newly created council seats, zoom in on the maps and drill into the data yourself in the visualizations below. Currently represented ...

After many months of dogged campaigning in the face of zealotry, atrocity and propaganda about fake WMDs, the heroic avatars of the Illuminate have finally invaded Super-Earth. In just a few short ...