Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. The earthquake hypocenters first appear as flashes then remain as ...

Every map of the world that you have ever seen is inaccurate. Well, of course, you might think. How could they map out the world when it's round, not flat? True. But that isn't the point. See, the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Humans have fundamentally altered global patterns of biodiversity and ecosystem processes. Surprisingly, existing systems for representing ...