Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar ...

However, a team of geologists from all over the world have compiled a new geological map containing Zealandia ... from volcanic highlands filled up tectonic basins. The highlands were an active ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

Flat, two-dimensional maps can look different because the world is actually curved. This means map-makers need to make compromises when drawing maps. These different map representations are called ...

The map above, based on the most recent data from the U.S. Geological Survey, displays the world's major deposits ... which the material is found. Due to tectonic plate movements that create ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

Earthquakes happen every day all over the world, along both tectonic plate edges and interiors. Earthquakes occur along faults, which are fractures between blocks of rock that allow the blocks to move ...