A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater ...

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.

However, a team of geologists from all over the world have compiled a new geological map containing Zealandia. The map was formed using a combination of rock samples recovered from the sea and ...

A new satellite has mapped Earth's ocean floors in unprecedented ... The data helped the team further refine maps of tectonic boundaries and ocean currents near coastal areas.

The book is not for readers with severe inner ear imbalances: Chapter by chapter, Brotton — the author of “A History of the ...

Sample locations and inferred geological map of the southern part of Zealandia ... This fault is likely a "scar" in Earth's crust, formed when Zealandia broke off from Antarctica and Australia ...

Legend has it that a headless sculpture of the god Yaxachtun at the site formerly terrified the local Lacandon people, who feared that the world would end when the head was replaced. With its ...

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