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After announcing it would be renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, Google has officially changed on its Maps application.

The United States has officially updated its maps to Gulf of America. Google has renamed the Gulf of Mexico for some users. Here's what we know.

Amazingly, such a place exists. Welcome to Jade Beach in the city of Itoigawa along the Sea of Japan in Niigata Prefecture. First, a bit of geological background info: The jade here was formed ...

IZUMO, Shimane Prefecture--A resort complex with guest rooms built into a cliff facing the Sea of Japan opened here on ... was installed on the nearby beach, and the area will be marketed as ...

For more than four centuries, the body of water stretching from Florida through Texas and into Mexico has been known as the ...

A rarely seen 'doomsday' fish was found ashore on a Mexico beach, sparking fears of a looming ... 20 oarfishes washed up ashore months before Japan was hit with a devastating tsunami that left ...

Starting in 2021, she began adding unique elements to her custom nails: small pieces of plastic she collected from the beach herself, called umigomi or "sea trash." "I became aware of environmental ...

Heavy snowfall has battered a wide area of Japan, especially the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast. This video ...

Snow measured in feet is blanketing parts of Japan this week, with snowfall rates among the highest on record. This is due, in part, to a phenomenon called sea-effect snow. What happened ...

Heavy snowfall continued Wednesday along the Sea of Japan coast as the season's strongest cold front disrupted rail services in central Japan and air traffic, with the weather agency warning of more ...