Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it ...

The African Union says the Mercator projection distorts Africa’s size and identity—and it’s pushing a new map to set the record straight.

Several African nations have begun replacing Mercator maps in schools with alternatives. The current campaign is "actively ...

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century ...

The current standard misrepresents the continent’s scale, which activists argue reinforces misconceptions about its ...

The most commonly used world map could soon get a revamp to show the true scale of the African continent. The African Union ...

A Japanese architect created an award-winning map for the most accurate depiction of planet Earth ever produced by humans.

Click here for interactive. The United Kingdom is the world's leading generator of offshore wind power, followed by Denmark. Both countries are well situated for this, as you can see from the map.

A study reveals that 60% of global land areas are now already outside the locally defined safe zone, and 38% are even in the ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...

Based on pulsars, the famed 'we are here' illustration was always a doomed endeavor. 40 years later, it's even worse than we imagined.

The annual clock of the seasons—winter, spring, summer, autumn—is often taken as a given. But our new study in Nature, using a new approach for observing seasonal growth cycles from satellites, shows ...