This allows for the creation of very realistic and interesting maps simultaneously. One of them, showing the world without ...

The Southern Ocean surrounds Antarctica and, like the Arctic Ocean, is very cold. Pupils could work to label a world map, showing the locations of the five oceans and could carry out research to ...

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater volcanoes that were previously missed. When you purchase through links ...

The Chinese navy is gradually extending its operational reach beyond East Asia, the Pentagon said in a report.

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 ...

It's a convenient way to get an early glimpse of where you're going, or even virtually explore some of the most remote parts of the world ... views on Google Maps, showing the inside of a store ...

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 ...