But by looking at the Mercator Projection, one of the most widely used map projections, one wouldn’t know it. Created by ...

The Fight for a New Map Reflecting Africa’s True Size Challenges Centuries of Western Dominance AFRICA When Nigerian-born ...

The new map is intended to reduce geographic distortions in educational materials, public communications and data visualizations. The U.N. resolution recommends rather than requires use of the new map ...

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to phase out Mercator projections and adopt Equal Earth projections, a change meant to better represent geographic size on maps. The vote came on Sept. 4, ...

El Nino has suppressed India’s monsoon rainfall in 2026, while its impact on rainfall patterns across Australia, Asia and the ...

Heavy rain and possible flash flooding is forecast for the Southwestern United States due to hurricanes this weekend.

The U.N. voted to promote map projections that more accurately represent the world, drawing official opposition from the U.S.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visual comparison of new UN world map projection Equal Earth and how Greenland's size changes compared to mercator projection. On ...

The common Mercator projection map distorts the size of continents, making Africa appear much smaller than it is. The United Nations General Assembly voted to encourage the use of maps that more ...

Researchers project nearly half a million more heat-related deaths from June 2026 to February 2027 compared with a typical year, as a result of El Niño.

The Mercator Projection, which preserves shape and direction but distorts relative landmass. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia ...

NEW YORK — Maps. Where would we be without them? And how would we even know? They can anchor us in a place or help us get somewhere else. They can show us global political realities via the drawing of ...