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 ...

In the mid-20th century, when people looked at a map of the world, they saw the familiar continents surrounded by vast, ...

To the Ends of the Earth: The Natural World - Oceans is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV ...

World Database on Protected Areas (2016) This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. The map above is essentially an x-ray of the ocean, and the colors show where ...

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 ...

A turtle with a plastic bag in its mouth. Rubbish finds its way around the world, pollutes the oceans and can be harmful to sea creatures. Some kinds of rubbish, such as plastic, are eaten by sea ...