This allows for the creation of very realistic and interesting maps simultaneously. One of them, showing the world without oceans, can be seen in the animation below: As explained by NASA ...

With just a few clicks of a mousepad you can journey from your home to Uluru in Australia, the Colosseum in Rome, New York’s Times Square – or even venture up Mount Everest. But have you ever paused ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gyre of plastic debris in the north-central Pacific Ocean. It’s the largest accumulation of plastic in the world. Just how big is it? Using the map below, click ...

The scope of potential loss is staggering: The oceans are the world’s largest ecosystem ... Rising temperatures are remaking the map of the oceans. As polar ice retreats, the Northwest Passage ...