Equal Earth is ontworpen om landen in hun werkelijke relatieve grootte weer te geven en is een VN-initiatief onder leiding ...
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How big is Africa really? Why the UN voted to change the world map
The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.
For 450 years, the world’s most-used map has made Africa look smaller than it really is. The United Nations just voted to change that. Al Jazeera’s Basel Ghazoghli breaks it down and goes back 450 ...
El Nino-driven drought has left rice fields in West Java, Indonesia, cracked and dry Image: Donal Husni/NurPhoto/picture ...
The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to encourage alternatives to the centuries-old Mercator projection, which dramatically distorts the relative size of Africa.
The UN General Assembly is due to vote on Friday on a proposal to move away from the traditional Mercator projection.
The U.N.'s General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to encourage countries to replace the Mercator map with the Equal Earth ...
The UN General Assembly voted to adopt a map that more accurately shows the size of the continents. Only the United States ...
The United Nations has acknowledged that global warming will soon exceed the temperature threshold set by the 2015 Paris climate accord. The UN report suggests strategies to mitigate and eventually ...
Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's President has said he expects the war with Russia to continue into the winter, following talks ...
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