The Overview Map is a feature in Google Earth to help you determine your position on the Earth. You can turn it on by going to the “View” menu as shown to the right and select “Overview Map“. This is ...

The Encyclopedia of Earth has an article with information about scientific research on anthropogenic biomes which are defined as: Anthropogenic biomes describe globally-significant ecological patterns ...

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

Google Maps and Earth have revolutionized how we see the world. Google Maps navigates unknown cities in real time, and Google Earth operates on a larger scale. Google Earth takes us on an immersive ...

A WHOLE NEW WORLD. Google Maps now offers a refreshing new angle of Earth. That is: a more accurate one. Google recently announced that its map would now depict a round Earth, according to The Verge.

NASA and Japan released a new digital topographic map of Earth June 29 that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA’s Terra spacecraft.

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Earth’s center of gravity can be located! We talked a few months ago about measuring the force of gravity surrounding the Moon, and that the way we do this measurement is by having twin satellites, ...

Most people today use Google Maps to find local schools, malls, and the closest Starbucks, according to this year’s Google Zeitgeist, which catalogs the top searches of 2011. But there was more to ...

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Learn more about loggerhead turtles’ ability to feel the magnetic field throughout their migrations — an ability that they’ve ...