The Mercator projection, a cylindrical map introduced by Geradus Mercator in 1569, distorts the true size of countries on ...

The widely reproduced map, created in 1569, suggests Greenland is roughly the same size as Africa when that continent is nearly 14 times larger. The ice-covered island is actually about a third ...

New 3D maps of the Greenland Ice Sheet show how huge cracks in the ice that accelerate melting expanded between 2016 and 2021 ...

Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

The riches thought to lie beneath Greenland's icy terrain have been coveted for more than a century. But how easy are they to ...