It's time we gave seagrass the credit it's due. This hero of a plant protects coastlines, stores vast amounts of carbon and ...

The cyclical weather phenomenon has an 80 percent chance of forming this summer, the UN has forecast.

A team led by researchers at the University of Oxford has created the most complete map of the world's rivers ever made, offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and ...

Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people's perceptions of Earth. However, because all flat maps have compromises built into them, ...

Ever wondered why Greenland looks as big as Africa on the map? It’s because of something called the Mercator projection. Putting a 3-D planet on a two-dimensional world map was challenging for early ...

Every map of the world that you have ever seen is inaccurate. Well, of course, you might think. How could they map out the world when it's round, not flat? True. But that isn't the point. See, the ...

Cartographer Robert Szucs uses satellite data to make stunning art that shows which oceans waterways empty into Shi En Kim | Reporter Ocean drainage basins of the ...