The United Nations has approved a new world map that aims to show the true size of continents more accurately. The Equal ...

The world map we have been using for centuries is not as accurate as we might think. As our understanding of geography ...

This page links BBC Teach geography content to the objectives of the National Curriculum for England at KS1 and KS2.

The UN General Assembly voted 164 to 1 to drop 500 year old Mercator world maps on September 4 2026. The UN assembly urged ...

All statesmen should have a proper globe in their offices, writes Dr Ian S Evans; plus letters from Mark Everett and David Cockayne I hope that the view that Mercator’s projection is “the world’s most ...

The UN’s ‘Correct the Map’ resolution backs equal-area projections like Equal Earth. Here’s why India and South Asia appear ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

<br>In 150 AD, the Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy wrote a textbook entitled the <i>Geography, </i>which earned him the title ‘The Father of Geography’. Drawing on nearly a thousand years of classical ...

Use this table to see how the video clips from BBC Bitesize for Teachers map to the Geography objectives of the National Curriculum for England at Key Stage 3. The individual objectives are listed on ...