The speed at which glaciers move changes predictably each year, according to the first-ever global map of how glacier and ice sheet speeds vary with the seasons. Knowing this yearly rhythm could help ...

Israel is planning to expel residents of the ancient West Bank town of Sebastia to create a national park for settlers.

Helene Michael and Jon Simon write, We’re proud to report that Condon and Swan Valley residents stepped forward to provide ...

Thermal satellites map block-level heat islands, letting cities target cool pavement and shade where they deliver the biggest ...

From 400-year-old globes to cosmic funeral shrouds, how the Osher Map Library in Maine shows people that maps aren't just for ...

Save this guide for your next California road trip when you want beaches, deserts, and forests that feel far from tour buses ...

In the mid-1700s, Denmark tried to capture its natural world in ink and copper. Artists and scholars spent more than a ...

The longest and toughest expeditions in Expeditions: A MudRunner Game require you to travel through a Gateway (sometimes twice) to switch maps. To travel from one map to the next, all you have to do ...

In Liberia, a country where small-scale fishers number in the tens of thousands, fishers go missing at sea every year. Some, ...

Shaping the direction of AI’s development cannot be the prerogative of engineers and CEOs alone. Citizens have a role not ...

The new dataset, published in Earth System Science Data by 16 scientists, shows a significantly cooler Earth from the late 1700s through 1849 compared with 1850-1900 — the latter being what scientists ...

Archaeologists working in western Asia Minor say they have mapped a dense constellation of 483 ancient settlements that once ...