Where seniors live can affect emergency response times and recovery. Explore rural vs. urban risks and how mobility tracking ...

A study led by the University of Barcelona and published in the journal Nature Communications shows that climate change has profoundly altered extreme episodes of melting in the Greenland ice sheet by ...

Geography is the study of Earth’s landscapes and how people relate to their surroundings—a wholesome idea that should unite ...

A major ice storm is moving across North Carolina, with some areas expecting over three-quarters of an inch of ice. Widespread power outages and near-impossible travel conditions are expected to last ...

Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions of Earth. However, because all flat maps have compromises built into them, ...

Forecasters point out that these amounts are not final, and snowfall totals will depend on the exact track of the storm. That track is still uncertain, but the odds are increasing for a heavier hit to ...

The ongoing debate regarding the true size of the African continent is significant and timely. The African Union is supporting the call to depict Africa in its true size as just and moral. Spearheaded ...

President Donald Trump is hoping to take control of Greenland, a Danish territory covering more than 836,000 square miles —three times the size of Texas, with about 80% covered by a massive ice cap.

President Trump is again floating the idea of annexing Greenland, the semiautonomous Arctic island that is a territory of Denmark. Greenland's location between North America and Russia gives it ...