Americans are up to their eyebrows in water, relatively speaking. Other parts of the world aren’t as fortunate. A prominent Indian analyst, Brahma Chellaney, has been sounding the alarm for many years ...

Asia, the most populous continent, boasts a rich tapestry of cultures, religions, and ancient civilizations. From the Indus Valley to modern technological hubs, Asia significantly contributes to the ...

Australia is on a collision course with Asia, moving north at an unusually fast pace. Scientists predict that in millions of years, the two continents will merge, triggering massive geological and ...

Many authors have suggested that some Indian continental lithosphere has subducted, but owing to its buoyancy has underplated the Asian continent 4,5. More recently, tomographic imaging of the mantle ...

When he was in second grade, my son observed to me that Asia was a “fake continent.” Having considered myself an Asian all my adult life, I was taken aback that day as we studied an atlas together.

Upcoming map packs for Civilization 5 will keep the outlines of familiar land masses from the real world, but jumble interior tiles. The first pack is "Scrambled Continents," available today, which ...