Maps sit quietly in classrooms, on news websites and inside phone screens. They look settled and precise, but the world they show is always slightly bent out of shape. Because the Earth is round, any ...

A major ice storm is moving across North Carolina, with some areas expecting over three-quarters of an inch of ice. Widespread power outages and near-impossible travel conditions are expected to last ...

A major ice storm is moving across South Carolina, with some areas expecting over three-quarters of an inch of ice. Widespread power outages and near-impossible travel conditions are expected to last ...

Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions of Earth. However, because all flat maps have compromises built into them, ...

Forecasters point out that these amounts are not final, and snowfall totals will depend on the exact track of the storm. That track is still uncertain, but the odds are increasing for a heavier hit to ...

President Donald Trump is hoping to take control of Greenland, a Danish territory covering more than 836,000 square miles —three times the size of Texas, with about 80% covered by a massive ice cap.

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President Trump is again floating the idea of annexing Greenland, the semiautonomous Arctic island that is a territory of Denmark. Greenland’s location between North America and Russia gives it ...