For many conservation decisions, the most contested question is also the most basic: what belongs on the map? A forest may ...

A global analysis of more than 2,300 seawater samples found that largely unmonitored industrial compounds are widespread ...

A new genetic mapping strategy reveals how entire networks of genes work together to cause disease, filling in the missing links left by traditional genetic studies. The technique could transform how ...

Using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope , astronomers led by researchers at the University of California, Riverside ...

Maps have shaped human history far more than many people realize. Long before satellites and digital navigation existed, maps helped civilizations trade, travel, wage wars, and explore unfamiliar ...

Students competing for the U-Spatial Prize use maps, data and more to tell highly engaging stories about their research.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A new habitat mapping framework combines various data sets to visualize where species live, and predict potential habitats for the future. The Act Green project combines remote sensing with field data ...

IF TIMING IS everything, then Thomas Hartung picked a bad moment to make his move. Dr Hartung is an environmental toxicologist at Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, who has spent his career ...

IFPA subglacial topography of Antarctica. Credit: Science (2026). DOI: 10.1126/science.ady2532. For decades, scientists have repeated some variations of a striking statistic: we know more about the ...

Plants reflect urban climate and soil conditions with remarkable precision. Using more than 80 million observations from plant identification apps, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for ...