For centuries, the familiar Mercator world map has quietly distorted Africa's size and significance. Now, a coalition of ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the African Union wants to use instead.

Nearly 80 years after Imperial Japan's surrender ended World War II, the number of American veterans who served in the ...

On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But ...

Several African nations have begun replacing Mercator maps in schools with alternatives. The current campaign is "actively ...

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century ...

NASA's vivid simulation shows how sea salt, dust, smoke, and sulfates from pollution and volcanoes spread across thousands of miles globally.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has maps of major world forests. These maps represent current global forest cover.

Seek Labs Maps High-Burden Mosquito-Borne Infectious Diseases with BioSeeker™, Accelerating Therapeutic Discovery for Chikungunya, West Nile Virus, and Zika ...