By Abhishyant Kidangoor Say you want to see how the world is faring when it comes to biodiversity and ecosystem protection.

This does have its drawbacks, as the Earth is round, but pages are flat, so what we see on a map is slightly distorted.Globes and maps are how we’ve seen the world for hundreds of years.

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater volcanoes that were previously missed.

The Earth Sciences and Map Library develops research-level collections and services to support the teaching, research, and learning needs of the Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Department ...

See, the world maps we’ve been using for centuries don’t show the most accurate appearance of the landmasses, either. But the Equal Earth World Map is changing that. Cartographers presented ...

We all know that the Earth is round, not flat. But our maps are flat. If you can remove all the peel from an orange in one go (an impressive task in itself), try to lay it out flat like a piece of ...

Kiribati is the first country in the world to celebrate 2025. The last country to issue in the new year will the Baker Island ...

The reason is that 95 per cent of its area is submerged beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean, disappearing long before humans existed on Earth ... a new geological map containing Zealandia.

Except in the crust, the interior of the Earth cannot be studied by drilling holes to take samples. Instead, scientists map the interior by watching how seismic waves from earthquakes are bent ...

A new satellite has mapped Earth's ocean floors in unprecedented ... The data helped the team further refine maps of tectonic boundaries and ocean currents near coastal areas.

Alternatively, the maps will show the "heat islands", such ... or trees to a car park," the RAL Space and National Centre for Earth Observation scientist told BBC News.