Geography

map of earthquakes

Almost Five Million Earthquakes Have Struck in the Last 10 Years

A map of earthquakes between 2015 to 2025 shows...
A photo of a mountain from above.

Arctic Earthquake Triggers Major Avalanches and Serac Falls

Last week, a magnitude 7 earthquake ripped through the...
A map showing gradients centered on the tropics.

New Map Shows Satellite View of How Seasons Change

For tens of thousands of years, humans have observed...
A sketch of the Lisbon earthquake.

New Paper Explains What Caused the 18th-Century Lisbon Earthquake

The devastating earthquake that hit Lisbon, Portugal in 1755...
Blue Ridge Mountains

Ancient Blob Beneath Appalachians Headed for New York

It sounds like a bottom of the barrel B-movie...
a map showing Atlantis

Explore the Fascinating History of Imaginary Lands With This Interactive Map

Every exploration buff knows that made-up geography often appeared...
Map of the world

Exploration Mysteries: The Lost Continent of Argoland

Can a continent disappear? Many cultures have stories of...
yellowstone explosion and aftermath

Watch: Giant Hydrothermal Explosion Shuts Down Part of Yellowstone National Park

BY RACHELLE SCHRUTE A massive explosion near Old Faithful has...
an old map and compass

Old Maps Online: A Gateway to Hours of Historical Exploration

History and geography already make excellent bedfellows, but OldMapsOnline.org...
rain and clouds

Unraveling the Mystery of the Late Triassic’s Two-Million-Year Rainy Season

The forty days and nights of rain during the...
A fishing port on the Noto Peninsula before (left) and after (right) the earthquake.

Japanese Earthquake Adds 250 Meters of Coastline

The massive earthquake that hit Japan’s Noto Peninsula on...
Rugby, North Dakota was the first center of North America but lost its crown.

Another Geographical Center, Another Bitter Fight: Three Small Towns Battle It Out

What is the geographical center of North America? The...
monument

China vs Russia: The Modern Battle Over The Geographical Center of Asia

The geographical center of a place refers to the...
A map showing the location of the Diomedes Islands

Books for Explorers: The Atlas of Unusual Borders  

Those of us who do expeditions rely on maps...
crater

Natural Wonders: Patomskiy Crater

Deep in the forests of southeastern Siberia, the Patomisky...
a blue flash lights up the night sky beyond Agadir, Morocco

Deadly Morocco Quake Re-Ignites Conjecture Over ‘Earthquake Lights’

Reports of flashing blue lights near Agadir, Morocco during...
Stromatolites in Australia by coastal lake

Natural Wonders: Stromatolites

Early in its history, long before the dinosaurs, Earth...
Two continents meet in an Iceland shopping mall.

This Strange Iceland Shopping Center Straddles Europe and North America

Iceland is where North America meets Europe. The Mid-Atlantic...
The flag of Liberland.

Terra Nullius: Land That Belongs to No Country

There are 195 countries in the world and the...
a still of the textured model of the history of earth's surface

Witness Earth’s ‘Living Skin’ In 100-Million-Year Model of Continental Creep

Sometimes technology allows humans to transcend our feeble senses...
a map of Japan with a focus on Osaka

One, Two, Skip a Few: Japanese Government Recounts Islands, Finds 7,000 More

Thirty-five years ago, the government of Japan counted 6,852...

Exploration Mysteries: Phantom Islands

Can an island be “undiscovered?” Apparently, it can. Throughout...

Map Nerds Rejoice! The Three Norths Align in British Village

For the first time ever, true north, magnetic north,...
layers of the earth

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

In the 1950s and 1960s, the U.S. and the...

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