From a digital vantage point in orbit, scientists have mapped every building on Earth—2.75 billion structures, all in 3D.

Many commercial fishing boats do not report their positions at sea or are not required to do so. Alex Walker via Getty Images We found that a remarkable amount of activity occurs outside of public ...

Wildfires pose a significant threat across the southwestern United States, due to the region's unique topography and weather ...

New images from a NASA satellite are giving scientists a view of tsunamis that they have never had before, revealing intricate structures in the open ocean that were previously invisible. Instead of a ...

While carbon dioxide gets the lion's share of attention when it comes to global warming, there are other factors at play. Methane is responsible for about 30 percent of the rise in global temperatures ...

Thermal satellites map block-level heat islands, letting cities target cool pavement and shade where they deliver the biggest ...

Journalists from the Skhemy investigative project have created a map of the Ukrainian defence forces' strikes on Russia's fuel and military-industrial facilities and analysed the aftermath using ...

Viewing aerial imagery today is as easy as reaching into your pocket and opening your phone, but how did we get to this amazing technology? Beginning in the early 1800s, cartographers began production ...