The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In ...

The Mercator map from 1569 distorts Africa’s true size and ‘downplays its importance,’ Africa No Filter’s executive director tells Anadolu - Anadolu Ajansı ...

In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that has prompted a new African initiative, “Correct the Map,” calling for depictions that show Africa’s true scale. “For ...

A new study reveals that coastal population growth between 2000 and 2018 exceeded that of inland areas worldwide.

Researchers assessed future urban heat exposure and adaptive capacity in 1,563 major cities worldwide, using high-resolution ...

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With modern, standardized technologies allowing for more precise detection and diagnosis, the global map of keratoconus ...

DUBAI: DP World’s $2.5bn investment in developing end-to-end logistics infrastructure around the globe in 2025 is creating thousands of new jobs in construction. According to a company statement today ...

For most of the past century, world politics was staged as a contest of giants featuring the United States, the Soviet Union, ...

In 1569, Flemish mapmaker Gerardus Mercator synthesized existing ideas in navigation and cartography to create a new type of world map. It has stood the test of time: Billions of people would ...