When Sri Lanka talks of tourism, the conversation too often begins and ends with sun, sand, and surf. Yet, beyond its golden ...

Oceans cover three-quarters of the Earth, yet only 20% of the seafloor has yet been mapped. The race to understand these ...

The African continent is undergoing a geological transformation that, in the distant future, could create a new ocean.

The African Union's recent support for alternatives to the Mercator projection challenges historical cartographic distortions that misrepresent Africa's size.

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa ...

LONDON/DAKAR, Aug 14 (Reuters) - (This Aug. 14 story has been refiled to clarify the number of AU member states in paragraph 3) The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments ...

Despite Boeing's well-documented recent troubles, air travel is statistically still the safest form of travel. There are numerous reasons behind this, but one important factor is the reliability of ...

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...

Community-led research from UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents and eight countries to reveal the scale of river plastic waste and offer solutions to stop it at ...

Elon Musk has been at the forefront of technological innovation for a while now. From electric cars to spaceships that can transport people, the businessman is always breaking new ground. Things are ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. The idea of plate tectonics – which describes how Earth's crust is ...

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, ...