Discovered in a remote Ottoman town in 1884, the Madaba Map is both a masterpiece of Byzantine design and a working map of Jerusalem and the sixth-century Middle East. A detail of the Madaba Map ...

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England’s peatlands have been mapped for the first time to aid their recovery as the data reveals 80% to be dry and degraded. Scientists have used satellite imagery, artificial intelligence and ...

New mapping data has shown 80% of England's peatlands to be dry and damaged. The government said the findings, shown on an open source map, external, presented a worrying picture, with degraded ...

Work is being done to repair the damage done to peatlands on Dartmoor New mapping data has shown 80% of England's peatlands to be dry and damaged. The government said the findings, shown on an ...