Earth's continents are losing 4 Olympic swimming pools' worth of fresh water every second, with dire consequences for jobs, ...

If you were to arrive in our solar system never having seen it before, you’d be impressed with variety. Giant gas planets with rings, moons spanning from minuscule to enormous, icy comets that hurtle ...

The first half-billion years of Earth science were gnarly. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When Earth was just a wee young thing, ...

Getty Images It's decided, I want to be this kid when I grow up. I am sure I am not alone with my lifelong passion for traveling the globe. It is my dream to visit every continent and see as many ...

By the time most kids are mastering multiplication tables, Wilder McGraw had already ticked off all seven continents — ...

New research examining over 20 years of data captured by NASA’s twin climate satellites, GRACE and GRACE-FO, has revealed an “unprecedented” level of water loss among the planet’s continents, creating ...

It is the largest continent in the world both in terms of area and population. It comprises 48 nations and 60% of the world's population. Spanning over an area of 44,579,000 sq. km., the continent ...

THERE are various continents that stretch between different regions of the Earth. While continents were formed similarly, various elements differentiate these ...

Classical plate tectonic theory was developed in the 1960s. It proposed that the outer layer of our planet is made up of a small number of rigid plates separated by narrow boundaries. The surface of ...

A team of paleontologists found matching dinosaur footprints on what are now two different continents, separated by thousands of miles of ocean. The footprints, dating back to the Early Cretaceous ...

A female cyclist shares her perspective on a story about a man who rode through six continents and 61 countries in three ...