Most African countries lack accurate local base maps, stalling all sorts of government and business decisions. A new project ...

Well, here's something you don't see every day: all 2.75 billion buildings of the world shown together in a single 3D map.

New research warns that Africa's forests, once vital allies in the fight against climate change, have turned from a carbon ...

New seismic map reveals 892 active faults across Greece, offering the first comprehensive database of the country’s tectonic ...

The idea of nations as neatly bordered spaces can be traced partly to medieval maps of biblical Israel. In A Nutshell ...

Scientists are observing a new ocean forming in Africa's Afar region, a unique geological hotspot. Early magnetic surveys ...

A new study shows Africa’s forests have shifted from absorbing carbon to releasing it, losing 106 billion kg of biomass annually between 2010 and 2017 ...

A global game reveals that our idea of the size of continents is more accurate than classic maps and their distortions ...

Between 2010 and 2017 alone, Africa lost about 106 billion kilograms of forest biomass every year — roughly the weight of 106 million cars disappearing annually.

From a digital vantage point in orbit, scientists have mapped every building on Earth—2.75 billion structures, all in 3D.

On average, Africa’s tropical forests gained carbon until 2010, then lost it rapidly—especially between 2015 and 2017. Gains ...

Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ...