Asia is the world’s largest and most diverse continent. It occupies the eastern four-fifths of the giant Eurasian landmass. Asia has both the highest and the lowest points on the surface of Earth, has the longest coastline of any continent, and is subje
For many, Orwell captured as well as anyone the essence of whatShakespearecalled “this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.” Get Unlimited Access Try Britannica Premium for free and discover more. Subscribe Land England is bounded on the north byScotland; on the west by the...
Floristic regions reflect the geographic organization of floras and provide essential tools for biological studies. Previous global floristic regions are generally based on floristic endemism, lacking a phylogenetic consideration that captures floristic
Even without the problem of regional differences, rocks present a difficulty as unique time markers. Quartz is quartz—a silicon ion surrounded by four oxygen ions—there’s no difference at all between two-million-year-old Pleistocene quartz and Cambrian quartz created over 500 million years ago...
Animated map of how Earth will look in 250 million yearsGene Kim
The geographical survey in Antarctica couldn’t have been made without an aerial technology. Such expertise did not exist million of years ago. The last period of ice-free condition in Antarctica ended about 6000 years ago. Now the puzzle is: Who mapped the Queen Maud Land of Antarctica 6000...
They used a software program called Glue and data from Gaia, a space observatory, they created a map of exactly where the stars lie. From there, the team determined the bubble’s origin stems from a series of supernova explosions that took place 14 million years ago. ...
It is quite a remarkable achievement for a country of 5.8 million people to maintain their sovereignty amidst such conflict. Israel was re-established in 1948, and the population has steadily grown since. The tiny nation stretches 290 miles from north to south, and 85 miles at its widest. ...
maps by C.R. Scotese of the PALEOMAP Project, Webster's map can show you how the earth under your current address changed over the course of some 750 million years. It's humbling to know 400 million years ago, the woods outside my home in Ithaca, New York, w...
The light we see from other stars and galaxies takes a long, long time to arrive at Earth (For example, it takes some 2.5 million years for light from the Andromeda Galaxy to reach us.) The SDSS map of the universe.Credit: Anand Raichoor (EPFL) / Ashley Ross (Ohio State University)...