Tom PattersonThe Equal Earth map projection. An accurate world map is something that has evaded cartographers for centuries. But this new design just might make distorted maps a thing of the past.

This layer is cooler but still very hot ... the interior of the Earth cannot be studied by drilling holes to take samples. Instead, scientists map the interior by watching how seismic waves ...

Satellite image of the Earth with the ... and tablets show maps and aerial photographs. These are photographs taken from space by satellites and joined together to make very detailed images.

Different elements are present in different parts of the Earth’s structure. The crust is made from enormous plates which move very slowly due ... (people who drew maps). They noticed that ...

"Our dataset can provide very valuable information to tackle this coupling." A paper describing the work done by the Japanese team was published in the journal Progress in Earth and Planetary ...