People my age grew up with a map of the world that had been created by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. But in ...

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That's why production of cocoa is limited to the tropics – the hot, humid region of the Earth that surrounds the equator.

Important stratigraphical evidence has been forthcoming recently from this district concerning the succession of stone ages in South Africa (Neville Jones, Jour. Roy. Anthrop. Inst., 1920), and ...

One key initiative is the West African Power Pool (WAPP), which is helping boost energy electricity supply in 14 countries, benefiting 57 percent (more than 244 million people) of the population in ...

Shocking new weather modelling maps reveal that the UK could soon be entirely blanketed in snow as a 'Beast from the East' weather system looms. The maps from WX Charts, utilising the ECMWF ...

Search and tech giant Google said Monday it will restore the name Mount McKinley to North America's highest peak and rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" on its Maps app, complying with ...

Google Maps users in the U.S. will soon see “Gulf of America” in place of “Gulf of Mexico” and “Mount McKinley” instead of “Denali” on the map, in line with President Donald Trump ...

Once that has been completed, Google Maps should show the same. Shakespeare's Juliet famously said: "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet," meaning that ...

"When that happens, we will update Google Maps in the U.S. quickly to show Mount McKinley and Gulf of America," the tech company said. Also longstanding practice: When official names vary between ...