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

Moroccan rocks reveal that Earth’s magnetic field once changed fast but followed a hidden order, helping scientists map ...

A fresh analysis of rocks from one of these periods, the Ediacaran (about 630-540 million years ago), aims to solve a ...

When Earth’s ancient supercontinent Nuna broke apart, it reshaped oceans, cooled the climate, and set the stage for complex ...

Isn’t there something magnificent about a map, dear reader? Recall the pleasure of opening a large atlas — with ‘traditional ...

Colonial explorers started describing continents and countries across the world for their own interests of conquering new ...

For more than half a billion years, a giant magnetic anomaly buried in Earth’s ancient rocks has puzzled scientists. The ...

When the balance in reflectivity shifts, “the whole circulation of the climate will shift in order to transport energy from ...

The view of Earth from space is famously familiar—bright blue ocean, swirling gyres of white clouds, touches of terrestrial ...

NASA scientists recently discovered the abandoned Camp Century, a Cold War-era U.S. military base, hidden under the ice in ...

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

Maps aren’t just for navigation. They’re also about stories, identity, and understanding the world around us–even if the ...