Why the Royal Greenwich Observatory was chosen to mark zero degrees longitude

Nature, Published online: 17 June 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01893-4International standards set for measuring location and time, and an unusual type of lake-water movement in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.

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Why the Royal Greenwich Observatory was chosen to mark zero degrees longitude

Nature, Published online: 17 June 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01893-4International standards set for measuring location and time, and an unusual type of lake-water movement in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.