When the rivers rise and the skies grow dark, Africa’s resilience will light the way to a sustainable future. Africa, the ...

Magnetic deposits laid down during the Ediacaran Period, 630 million years ago to 541 million years ago, are not inexplicable ...

The newest exhibition at the David Rumsey Map Center, explores how maps go beyond traditional terrain, taking visitors to caves, a misguided town in the Alps and even the Moon.

Beneath Antarctica’s frozen surface lies a hidden world that could change how we see our planet. If the vast white expanse of Antarctica were to lose its frozen shell, an astonishingly rugged and ...

Magnetic signatures hidden inside rocks tell us a lot about Earth's magnetic field and the way continents and tectonic plates have shifted across millennia – but for some periods, the geological ...

A new Washington Post investigation reveals where climate change has supercharged the movement of moisture through the skies.

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Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...

Russian IL-20 Electronic Intelligence aircraft conducted two surveillance flights around Japan in the space of a week, ...

The African continent is gradually splitting apart. Although a new ocean is expected to form as a result, it won't be for millions of years.

Far from boring, this period saw the reorganization of deep Earth in manners that prepared the way for life to grow complex.

A massive geological shift is quietly reshaping East Africa, and scientists say it could redraw the world map. Deep beneath ...