The fate of North American oil flows is up in the air as US President Donald Trump reportedly confirmed he will slap 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods as previously promised, though he left the door open to leave crude off the list.
Google said users in the US will see the body of water known as the Gulf of Mexico renamed as the Gulf of America.
Mexico is sending a formal letter to Google, requesting that the company refrain from implementing the name change on its platform.
Scientists say a warming planet may have been responsible for a winter storm that dropped 10 inches of snow on Northwest Florida.
One of the first things President Trump did after taking office was announce plans to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
Professor Ryan Weichelt is the department chair for the geography and anthropology department at UW-Eau Claire. He says that this change is not a universal change, and that it’s up to different administrations or institutions to decide what they want to call the gulf. However, it is being formally changed on some maps.
The names of geographic locations are arbitrary — chosen and abandoned by humans, changing as power and culture shift.
Google Maps will soon rename the "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" and Denali to "Mount McKinley" in compliance with Trump's order.
A GPS unit used to track a massive great white shark has stopped transmitting locations, but other technology she carries may help track her.
The company confirmed that Google Maps users in the U.S. will see the body of water labeled as the "Gulf of America."
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday said Google is wrong to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico on its Google Maps platform after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the body of water be renamed the "Gulf of America.