Geography
Riddle of the Source of Central Asia’s Greatest River Solved
Building on the work of a 2007 expedition, an...
Almost Five Million Earthquakes Have Struck in the Last 10 Years
A map of earthquakes between 2015 to 2025 shows...
Arctic Earthquake Triggers Major Avalanches and Serac Falls
Last week, a magnitude 7 earthquake ripped through the...
New Map Shows Satellite View of How Seasons Change
For tens of thousands of years, humans have observed...
New Paper Explains What Caused the 18th-Century Lisbon Earthquake
The devastating earthquake that hit Lisbon, Portugal in 1755...
Ancient Blob Beneath Appalachians Headed for New York
It sounds like a bottom of the barrel B-movie...
Explore the Fascinating History of Imaginary Lands With This Interactive Map
Every exploration buff knows that made-up geography often appeared...
Exploration Mysteries: The Lost Continent of Argoland
Can a continent disappear? Many cultures have stories of...
Watch: Giant Hydrothermal Explosion Shuts Down Part of Yellowstone National Park
BY RACHELLE SCHRUTE
A massive explosion near Old Faithful has...
Old Maps Online: A Gateway to Hours of Historical Exploration
History and geography already make excellent bedfellows, but OldMapsOnline.org...
Unraveling the Mystery of the Late Triassic’s Two-Million-Year Rainy Season
The forty days and nights of rain during the...
Japanese Earthquake Adds 250 Meters of Coastline
The massive earthquake that hit Japan’s Noto Peninsula on...
Another Geographical Center, Another Bitter Fight: Three Small Towns Battle It Out
What is the geographical center of North America? The...
China vs Russia: The Modern Battle Over The Geographical Center of Asia
The geographical center of a place refers to the...
Deadly Morocco Quake Re-Ignites Conjecture Over ‘Earthquake Lights’
Reports of flashing blue lights near Agadir, Morocco during...
This Strange Iceland Shopping Center Straddles Europe and North America
Iceland is where North America meets Europe. The Mid-Atlantic...
Witness Earth’s ‘Living Skin’ In 100-Million-Year Model of Continental Creep
Sometimes technology allows humans to transcend our feeble senses...
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...
