Tom PattersonThe Equal Earth map projection. An accurate world map is something that has evaded cartographers for centuries. But this new design just might make distorted maps a thing of the past.

The reason is that 95 per cent of its area is submerged beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean, disappearing long before humans existed on Earth ... the world have compiled a new geological map ...

This does have its drawbacks, as the Earth is round, but pages are flat, so what we see on a map is slightly distorted.Globes and maps are how we’ve seen the world for hundreds of years.

This would dramatically reshape the continents and drown many of the world's major cities. Produced by Alex Kuzoian More from Politics We learned last year that many of the effects of climate ...

The maps here show the world as it is now ... There are more than five million cubic miles of ice on Earth, and some scientists say it would take more than 5,000 years to melt it all.

Marine Traffic map lets anyone trace a vessel that has a position ‘transponder’ similar to those used by aircraft Transponder broadcasts the ships’ position, name, course and speed allowing ...

Though it has some of the world's most significant reserves, Latin America has not emerged as a key player in the rare earth race.

This would dramatically reshape the continents and drown many of the world's major cities. More from Politics Many of the effects of climate change are irreversible. Sea levels have been rising at ...