Memorizing seven continents feels settled, like learning the alphabet. A new study argues the ground rules are less tidy.

Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, ...

Yet much about the landscape under the ice has been uncertain, because ground and air surveys are difficult in the region.

"Our IFPA map of Antarctica’s subglacial landscape reveals that an enormous level of detail about the subglacial topography of Antarctica can be inverted from satellite observations of the ice surface ...

Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, ...

Ever wondered if Earth’s continents were once joined as a single landmass? This video breaks down the science behind continental drift, plate tectonics, and how our planet slowly reshaped itself over ...

Scientists have discovered there is more to Antarctica than meets the eye. A new map of the landscape beneath the frozen continent's ice sheet has revealed a previously hidden world of mountains, deep ...

Pangea may have vanished 200 million years ago, but it left a trail of clues in rocks, fossils, and even magnetic fields that ...

Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory ...

Latin America and Oceania emerge as the most exposed regions, with many nations lacking detection and containment capacity, ...

How much fresh water is in the United States? It's a tough question, since most of the water is underground, accessible at ...