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

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A new study by the University of Oldenburg and Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) published in Population and Environment shows that the birth of a child has little impact on parents' environmental and ...

The object’s aphelion—the farthest point on the orbit from the sun—is more than 1,600 times that of Earth’s orbit,” Institute ...

As someone who grew up in the last days of the British Empire, I am often asked how it was that so few people controlled so much of the world ...

Cuts made by the Trump administration are threatening the function of a tiny but crucial office within the National Oceanic ...

Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...

A fan-created interactive map has emerged, showcasing over 100 points of interest from trailers and leaks. The project has received positive feedback from the community, with offers to help with ...

“Hassler understood that before you put pen to paper and make a chart or a map ... the world. The Earth is also constantly shifting: the motion of tectonic plates causes latitude and longitude ...