Instead, arm yourself with the stats seen in these cool maps of Europe ... but to understand how Europe looked in the 1500s, here are those who ruled and the land they claimed.

CORINE Land Cover (CLC) is the most prominent database concerning land cover and land use and their dynamics on the European, but also on National and regional levels. It was produced the first time ...

A new European Wetland Map shows Europe’s peatlands, floodplains and coastal wetlands more comprehensively than ever before in one map. Compiled from about 200 data sources, this map informs policy ...