Globe

A globe is a three-dimensional, spherical, scale model of Earth (terrestrial globe or geographical globe) or other celestial body such as a planet or moon. While models can be made of objects with arbitrary or irregular shapes, the term globe is used only for models of objects that are approximately spherical. The word “globe” comes from the Latin word globus, meaning round mass or sphere. Some terrestrial globes include relief to show mountains and other features on the Earth’s surface.

There are also globes, called celestial globes or astronomical globes, which are spherical representations of the celestial sphere, showing the apparent positions of the stars and constellations in the sky.

Terrestrial and planetary

Flat maps are created using a map projection that inevitably introduces an increasing amount of distortion the larger the area that the map shows. A globe is the only representation of the Earth that does not distort either the shape or the size of large features – land masses, bodies of water, etc.

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Polar bear-inhabited islands affected by Trump tariffs

Pioneer Press 03 Apr 2025
MELBOURNE, AustraliaThe Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky outcrops home to polar bears in the Arctic to tiny tropical islands to a former British penal colony whose leader is befuddled that it was targeted....
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Rocky outcrops home to polar bears and tiny tropical islands slapped with US tariffs

Seattle PI 03 Apr 2025
The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from ......
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In the crosshairs of stiff US tariffs, tiny coral islands in the South Pacific and ...

my SA 03 Apr 2025
The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from ......
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AP News Summary at 10:36 a.m. EDT

The Call 03 Apr 2025
real estate ... Sweeping Trump tariffs draw dismay, calls for talks from countries around the globe ... MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky outcrops home to polar bears in the Arctic to tiny tropical islands to a former British penal colony ... ....
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AP News Summary at 11:00 a.m. EDT

The Call 03 Apr 2025
real estate ... Sweeping Trump tariffs draw dismay, calls for talks from countries around the globe ... MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky outcrops home to polar bears in the Arctic to tiny tropical islands to a former British penal colony ... ....
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AP News Summary at 1:31 p.m. EDT

The Call 03 Apr 2025
Dow drops 1,200 as US stocks lead worldwide sell-off after Trump's tariffs ignite a COVID-like shock ... MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky outcrops home to polar bears in the Arctic to tiny tropical islands to a former British penal colony....
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Record low winter sea ice in the Arctic signals climate change crisis

Independent online (SA) 02 Apr 2025
The record comes at a grim time for ice in all corners of the globe ... In the past four decades, research shows, the Arctic has heated up four times faster than the rest of the globe ... Changes in the Arctic could also affect the jet stream, the river of winds that flows through the upper atmosphere, contributing to more extreme weather around the globe....
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Winter sea ice in the Arctic just hit a record low

The Spokesman-Review 29 Mar 2025
The record comes at a grim time for ice in all corners of the globe ... In the past four decades, research shows, the Arctic has heated up four times faster than the rest of the globe ... Changes in the Arctic could also affect the jet stream, the river of winds that flows through the upper atmosphere, contributing to more extreme weather around the globe....
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As the Arctic's Winter Sea Ice Hits a New Record Low - What Happens Next?

Slashdot 29 Mar 2025
With so little sea ice in the Arctic this year, more sunlight will be able to reach the open ocean, which absorbs more than 90 percent of the radiation that hits it ... Changes in the Arctic could also affect the jet stream, the river of winds that flows through the upper atmosphere, contributing to more extreme weather around the globe....
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How JD Vance's visit reflects decades of US interest in Greenland

RTE 26 Mar 2025
There's a long and contentious history of US interest in the Arctic island, but it seems to have entered a new phase under Donald Trump ... The forces of global warming are now leading to a rebirth of strategic interest in this area of the globe, with all the major powers vying for territory in the Arctic ... Map.The Arctic Institute....

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