This is due to the Mercator Projection ... An even more extreme example would be Antarctica. Despite appearing enormous on a map due to its placement near the Poles, it is actually half the ...

In total, 145 countries from seven continents — including Antarctica — have featured ... the result of a distortion in the so-called Mercator projection — the most widely used version of the ...

For one, Greenland looks big—almost the size of Africa on a Mercator projection of the world map—and in Trump’s eyes ... increasingly confrontational geo-political landscape. Unlike Antarctica, the ...

When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...

Social media posts sharing a graphic comparing sea ice levels in the Antarctic on the same date 45 years apart misrepresent ...

Extreme precipitation events in Antarctica, which are mostly dominated by snowfall due to sub-zero temperatures, also include rainfall, according to new research.

SYDNEY, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Australian researchers have created a new detailed map of Antarctica's ice-free land that they say will help protect the continent's biodiversity. The team, led by ...

"Possible face in Antarctica". What's more, it offers the coordinates of the place where it is located. And it gives it with such precision: 72°00'36.0"S 168°34'40.0"E. Face on Mars (1976 ...

TRAVEL TRENDS, ANTARCTICA Updated : Feb 3, 2025, 17:29 IST Planning an Antarctica trip? Here’s everything you need to know Often referred to as the last great frontier, Antarctica is the ...

Ben Galton-Fenzi is employed by the Australian Antarctic DIvision. Bishakhdatta Gayen is employed by the University of Melbourne. He receives funding from the Australian Research Council.

Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the deep sea flowing towards the shelf. Is climate change to blame? When you purchase through links on ...