Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions ...

After a wildfire, rain washes away soil for years. A new study reveals massive losses and hidden risks in a global map.

Maps have always been essential tools for making sense of the world around us. From hand-drawn sketches to today’s digital systems, they visualize space, plan movement and understand places. But the ...

There are an estimated 8.1 billion people on planet Earth. This number is projected to reach a peak of 10.3 billion by the end of the century. As the global population grows, it will not do so equally ...

A new analysis finds global forest maps overlap far less than expected, raising questions about climate funding and ...

Accurate land cover mapping underpins biodiversity protection, climate adaptation, and sustainable land use. Despite advances in remote sensing, satellite-only approaches remain limited by cloud cover ...

Imagine, for a moment, what it would mean for this economy if we didn’t have maps: Transportation, trade, resource extraction, disaster mitigation — so much of what we do would be made more ...

Of all the ways that humans consume water, there is no practice that uses more water than irrigation, which accounts for more than 90% of humanity’s water consumption. While irrigation is necessary to ...

Overview of the collected data in the World of Crayfish platform, and various centralisation of records of natives versus non-native (introduced status included). Freshwater crayfish, keystone species ...