New global stress map reveals areas where the Earth's crust is on the verge of collapse, doubling the data and changing earthquake management ...

A "radically different" flat map of the Earth has been produced by scientists who say it is more accurate than any previous 2D models that came before. The two-sided map is made up of two circles ...

An example of 3D mapping produced by LiDAR. Image credit: Nuview. Clouds and darkness: These are the two challenges that bedevil every Earth observation (EO) satellite that relies on visible light ...

Our world is changing, and it's changing rather quickly. Keeping track of all of Earth's changes can be difficult. Fires are ravaging parts of the world. Droughts are drying up lakes, leading to ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Researchers at Oregon State University have completed a mammoth project to create a 3-D map of electromagnetic energy in the Earth's crust across the continental U.S. What began as ...

Google has added fresh high-resolution aerial and satellite imagery to its mapping services for 25 cities and 72 countries. Among the imagery to get an update is the Olympic Park, London, where ...

We take as a given that GPS is ubiquitous and available, but that’s a suspect assumption. The U.S.-based Global Positioning System as well as other embodiments of Global Navigation Satellite Systems ...

This story is part of the Grist series Unearthed: The Mining Issue, which examines the global race to extract critical minerals for the clean energy transition. Scattered across the United States, ...