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Zombie ice from Greenland will cause sea levels to rise by ten inches

August 30, 2022

In a newly published study Monday, researchers predicted that Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet will eventually raise global sea levels…

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UN backs Equal Earth projection to fix Mercator map errors

September 5, 2026

The international measure focuses directly on the widely utilized Mercator map projection, which was originally developed in the 16th century by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator for maritime navigation purposes. While effective for nautical direction, the mathematical scaling of the Mercator model progressively exaggerates landmass sizes farther from the equator while compressing regions near it. According to documentation published by the United Nations General Assembly, these technical distortions continue to permeate modern educational textbooks, news media broadcasts, digital mapping platforms, and official government publications worldwide.

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