A new online platform called wplace invites users to “paint the world” on a massive digital canvas. This ever-evolving map ...

The African Union is officially fed up with the 16 th -century representation of its continent that the world has accepted as the norm. The AU, which comprises 55 African nations, has set off on a ...

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

The current standard misrepresents the continent’s scale, which activists argue reinforces misconceptions about its ...

Traditional 2-D maps of Earth are highly distorted, but this award-winning design makes a world of difference.

Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it ...

As plastic pollution emerges as one of the planet's most pressing environmental threats, Tulane University scientists have ...