The word "atlas," may conjure images of giant books chock full of maps and a dizzying array of facts and figures. However, ...

The world map we see today has grown through the efforts of many explorers who have charted new boundaries, continually ...

This is the second installment of a two-part series about the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Read part one here. Elevation ...

Earth may have had a Saturn-like ring system long ago, created from the debris of a passing asteroid that our planet tore ...

Chinese scientists unveiled the world's first multimodal geographic science model, Sigma Geography, which can answer ...

The destruction of nature is a global crisis. Establishing protected areas of forest is a common policy governments use to ...

It took feats of engineering and deft piloting to map the planet’s topography, an achievement that continues to pay dividends ...

Around the world, research on climate change and agriculture has revealed a complex two-way relationship. Global agriculture is a major driver of ...

Typhoon Chanthu lashed East Asia in 2021. At one point, winds reached 170 mph, making it one of the strongest storms of the ...

Anna Turns sets sail from Plymouth Sound to explore the significance of blue carbon in marine habitats around the UK.

Excavators have begun clearing land in the Indonesian region of Papua in what’s been described as the largest deforestation ...

While planting trees may seem like an easy win to combat climate change, planted forests often encroach on natural forests, ...