Cartographers explain how the Equal Earth projection shows Africa’s true relative size and why the world map we use matters.

On the world maps most of us have seen since childhood, Greenland looks almost as big as Africa. But Africa is actually about 14 times larger, and Russia and Canada also appear far bigger than their ...

The places around the world most and least affected by crime, war, natural disasters, and other threats ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. World maps distort size and shape by design. Learn why projections matter and how they shape global understanding. (CREDIT: ...

Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions of Earth. However, because all flat maps have compromises built into them, ...

A team led by researchers at the University of Oxford has created the most complete map of the world's rivers ever made, offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new report delineates 816 areas of the ocean that should be protected to help shark and ray populations recover following decades of overfishing.

As plastic pollution emerges as one of the planet's most pressing environmental threats, Tulane University scientists have published the first global assessment of where plastics pose the greatest ...

This animated geopolitical short imagines a fictional world war scenario where major content creators battle for territorial ...