Researchers have now decoded a Babylonian tablet, which is thought to be the oldest map of the world. It was created between ...

Google Maps' Street View is expanding to more countries and adding new imagery to existing ones. Google Earth is getting ...

The Bhagavata Purana describes seven ancient continents called Sapta-Dvipa: Jambu, Plaksha, Salmala, Kusha, Krauncha, Saka, ...

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An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...

As wars and crises dominate global headlines, leaders from small island developing States used the UN General Assembly ...

The world's oceans are close to becoming too acidic to properly sustain marine life or help stabilise the climate, a new ...

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Oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface. They drive weather patterns for the entire globe, and absorb a vast amount ...

Gravity research reveals hidden structures beneath Mars' lost oceans and Olympus Mons, shedding light on the planet’s ...

Ever-increasing data and video traffic volumes are driving demand for more subsea network capacityNew submarine cables are ...

Iron carried in clouds of Saharan dust blown across the Atlantic Ocean is increasingly available to tiny life forms the further it travels.