Where Are the World’s Rare Earth Mineral Deposits? A new global map, based on U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data, pinpoints the richest rare earth mineral reserves on the planet.

NASA's newest astrophysics space telescope launched in March on a mission to create an all-sky map of the universe. Now ...

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...

Irina Marinov, associate professor at the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, leads a research community focused ...

The feature works on both the app version of Google Earth and the browser-based version. To access it, tap the layers menu.

New satellite maps reveal how oceans absorb carbon, offering real-time insight into climate shifts and ocean acidification.

The Equal Earth World Map builds off previously released maps like the Mercator projection map and the Gall-Peters projection map. However, these two maps had problems of their own.

Map Reveals Where World's Rare Earth Minerals Are Located. Published Feb 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM EST Updated Feb 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM EST. By . Hugh Cameron is Newsweek U.S. news reporter based in ...

Quegan first conceived of using a P-band radar to map the world’s forests about 20 years ago. Up until 2004, the technology was restricted to use by the U.S. Defense Department, he said.

The Global Ecosystems Atlas is a tool that aims to serve as an open-source repository for data on all the ecosystems in the world. Developed by the intergovernmental initiative Group on Earth ...