Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory ...

Plaques bearing flags representing Switzerland, Romania, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, France, and Turkey are placed along with ...

Defense contractors gain from Arctic militarization. Denmark's F-35 purchases benefit Lockheed Martin (LMT). Radar systems, surveillance platforms and Arctic-capable hardware represent contracts for ...

Latin America and Oceania emerge as the most exposed regions, with many nations lacking detection and containment capacity, ...

Africa is on a fierce campaign that, if successful, will see the Mercator map replaced with the Equal Earth map on web-based platforms, mobile apps, desktop software, and embedded systems for our home ...

World Animal Protection releases groundbreaking data which shows elephants held at Six Flags Wild Safari in New Jersey, endure constant vibrations as strong as small earthquakes — every day the park ...

A new world map shows how Earth’s crust is loaded and where it is closest to failure. The release compiles 100,842 stress entries, more than double since 2016. The project is run at the GFZ Helmholtz ...

Flags at the White House were lowered to half-staff on Nov. 4 after the death of former Vice President Dick Cheney, although President Donald Trump has yet to address the news. Cheney, who served as ...

Exoplanets are planets outside Earth's solar system that most often orbit a star. Astronomers have managed to bring an exoplanet into unprecedented focus by using a technique the researchers call 3D ...

Scouring the corners of Google Earth and Maps has become an interesting way for people to explore the planet, and sometimes they come across the most unexpected finds. From random snapshots of humans ...

Google Maps has incorrectly marked the Don Valley Parkway highway in Toronto as closed on Saturday, directing users to alternative roads if navigation was enabled in their cars. Drivers who weren't ...

Earth’s carbon storage capacity is an important variable in determining how much carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that causes warming, can be removed from the atmosphere and safely tucked away for ...