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Areal Distortions of Global Map Projections

MercatorA cylindrical map projection presented in 1569 by the Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator. It became the standard map projection for

Key facts: Only 3 percent of the Earth’s water can be used as drinking water. Less than 25 percent of

Satellites have been watching us for 40 years. Here’s what their images reveal. Since 1972, a posse of satellites has

Forests in the eastern US currently store an estimated 8.5 Pg (1 Pg (pentagram) is equivalent to 1015 g or

With approximately 217 million native speakers and 250 million total speakers, Portuguese is usually listed as the 6th most natively

The High Middle Ages was the period of European history that commenced around 1000 and lasted until around 1250. The

Ghana has the lowest enrolment rate in secondary school (46 percent) and also the lowest eachievement levels for those 15-year-olds

Alfisols form in semiarid to humid areas, typically under a hardwood forest cover. They have a clay-enriched subsoil and relatively

A map of the US, redrawn so each state is proportional to its population.

“Each year, (hiring October, pharmacists in Anglo-Saxon countries make a special effort to bring to the attention of the public