Instability from Latin America to the Middle East risks spreading as conflicts, proxies, and shifting alliances shape 2026.

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A major volcanic cataclysm may have been ultimately responsible for the spread of the Black Death across Europe in the 1340s.

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Africa is on a fierce campaign that, if successful, will see the Mercator map replaced with the Equal Earth map on web-based ...

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A vast, mostly submerged landmass in the South Pacific, Zealandia, is now recognized as Earth's eighth continent. Recent mapping confirms its continen ...

If the ice blanketing Antarctica were to vanish, the world’s shorelines would be redrawn so radically that some countries ...

Forrest Johnson kicks off a quest to run seven marathons on seven continents in one week, completing Cape Town and heading straight to Antarctica for his second race in as many days. NATCHEZ — While ...

WOODS HOLE — Small, deliberate sounds filled the hall outside a sub-zero freezer inside a lab building at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's Quissett campus — the snap of zippers, the whisper of ...