Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions ...
Greenland’s position in the northern latitudes means the nation’s size and shape is prone to enormous variations in how it is portrayed on global maps.
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 ...
The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that ...
"Greenland is the world’s largest island. ... On most maps, Greenland looks enormous. That’s just a distortion caused by ...
U.S. saber-rattling has Canada refocusing on Arctic security and long-ignored gaps in defense.
How disproportionate media attention and a misleading conflict frame turn Israel into a moral symbol while eclipsing far deadlier wars ...
In reality, while still being very large, it's substantially smaller than Western Australia - and not too much bigger than Queensland.
Greenland appears larger than it really is. Keep reading on The WiC Project Lifestyle Blog & Miriam's Boutique: Home Goods, Beauty, & Fashion Store ...
Astronomers puzzled out minuscule distortions in images of faraway galaxies taken by JWST in order to chart the invisible ...
An incredibly detailed explanation of why this international nightmare came to be.