The African continent is undergoing a geological transformation that, in the distant future, could create a new ocean.

That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America ...

Discover the 5 smallest seas in the world, their locations, sizes, and interesting facts. Learn key historical significance ...

On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in their true proportions, ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in ...

The African Union's recent support for alternatives to the Mercator projection challenges historical cartographic distortions that misrepresent Africa's size.

The ocean basins are so vast and deep that they hold about 97 percent of the Earth's water. Sea water that's trapped in ...

Back in January, Meijers, who visited the iceberg at the end of 2023, painted a different picture of A23A: "The iceberg ...

The Bezos Earth Fund has announced just over US$37 million in grants to support marine protection efforts across 12 countries and territories. The fund, owned by Amazon's founder and American ...

African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has said most maps skew the size of land masses, making Africa seem much smaller ...

Tulane University scientists published the first global assessment of ecological risks from ocean plastics, showing that the greatest dangers are not always in visible “garbage patches” but in areas ...

Abrupt changes” threaten to send the continent past the point of no return, at which point continued ice-melting would ...