Satellite image of the Earth with the Atlantic ... Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Oceania and Antarctica. Although I love my globe, it’s a bit awkward to carry around.

This was the founding legend of geodesy, a heady mix of physics, math and astronomy that comes from the ancient Greek word meaning “to segment the Earth ... maps of North America were ...

Melting ice caps in North America, Antarctica and Europe caused ... complement more recent data from modern instruments on how Earth responds to various changes. "By drawing on detailed data ...