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Roughly 252 million years ago, Earth experienced its deadliest known extinction. Known as the Permian–Triassic Mass ...
A just-issued monthly report has found the first six months of 2025 are pacing just behind the record warm year of 2024. Here ...
Maps must be more than static reference tools; they must be dynamic platforms that reflect the world as it changes.
Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...
A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within days.
Defunct Soviet satellite Kosmos 482 could fall through Earth's atmosphere as soon as next week, with a new map revealing possible locations.
As illustrated in the map below, based on data from the latest U.S. Geological Survey report on rare earths, China holds the world's largest rare earth reserves, estimated at 44 million metric tons.
Experts have issued an urgent warning as the 'world's fastest' continent is on a collision course with Asia, which could have devastating consequences to Earth as we know it. Scientists are constantly ...
Rare earth minerals, a blanket term for 17 metallic elements found in the earth's crust, possess unique properties such as magnetic capabilities, electrical conductivity and resistance to corrosion.
SINGAPORE – Ramping up space technologies and sending up more satellites to serve as “eyes on earth” can bring in more money for South-east Asia, according to a new report released on Feb 11 ...
The Global Ecosystems Atlas is a tool that aims to serve as an open-source repository for data on all the ecosystems in the world. Developed by the intergovernmental initiative Group on Earth ...