Tom PattersonThe Equal Earth map projection. An accurate world map is something that has evaded cartographers for centuries. But this new design just might make distorted maps a thing of the past.

The Mercator projection, a cylindrical map introduced by Geradus Mercator in 1569, distorts the true size of countries on ...

A University of Derby study led by Dr. Phethean proposes Earth has six continents, not seven. Using advanced geological ...

This map shows you. Filling in the blanks of your historical knowledge would probably be easier if you could readily ...

This does have its drawbacks, as the Earth is round, but pages are flat, so what we see on a map is slightly distorted.Globes and maps are how we’ve seen the world for hundreds of years.

The maps here show the world as it is now ... There are more than five million cubic miles of ice on Earth, and some scientists say it would take more than 5,000 years to melt it all.

Secretariat director of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO ... I would say it’s a dynamic map of all of the world’s ecosystems. It presents them to us in a harmonized way so that all ...

Researchers unveil a new map and classification system that will help protect the unique plants and animals of Earth's most remote and fragile continent.