In Slate, he explains why a Mercator projection makes Greenland look far larger than it is, and why this matters. "While the choice of map method sounds like a mathematical abstraction, it literally ...

President Donald Trump is hoping to take control of Greenland, a Danish territory covering more than 836,000 square miles —three times the size of Texas, with about 80% covered by a massive ice cap.

Donald Trump suggested military action to occupy Greenland, citing security concerns Mercator map projection distorts size, making Greenland appear much larger than reality Greenland covers 2.16 ...

President Trump is again floating the idea of annexing Greenland, the semiautonomous Arctic island that is a territory of Denmark. Greenland's location between North America and Russia gives it ...

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Almost 100,000 people around the world played an online map projection game that asked them to judge land areas. Their guesses showed that most people’s inner picture of the planet is closer to ...

Michigan's Upper Peninsula is under a winter storm watch ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Heavy lake-effect snow could bring accumulations of a foot or more to some areas. Strong winds up to 45 mph ...

The conical map of Hurricane Melissa as of Saturday, 11 p.m. National Hurricane Center The storm slowly crossing the Caribbean became Category 3 Hurricane Melissa late Saturday afternoon as parts of ...

'Demon Slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle' Koyoharu Gotoge/Shueisha, Aniplex, ufotable This September is looking forward to another weekend that’s bound to overperform at the box office led by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a ...