The Map of Biodiversity Importance highlights where the most imperiled yet least protected species are concentrated, pointing to areas along California's coast, in the vast Central Valley, and in the mountains where conservation investment could benefit multiple threatened species found nowhere else on ...
The map of undiscovered life is based on a model estimating where unknown species likely exist today, based on environmental,biological and sociological factors. The most undiscovered vertebrates (脊椎动物)-potentially 25 percent of all future discoveries-are expected to live in Brazil,Colombia, ...
Covering most of Mount Desert Island and other coastal islands, Acadia features the tallest mountain on the Atlantic coast of the United States, granite peaks, ocean shoreline, woodlands, and lakes. There are freshwater, estuary, forest, and intertidal habitats. NPS Maps Hiking Instagram Yelp Ame...
NatureServe is a science-based, non-advocacy organization, the umbrella of a biodiversity information network spanning the western hemisphere. Based in the U.S., NatureServe and its network of member programs produce essential information about North American species and ecosystems, where they are fo...
Conservation Status: What Does Endangered Really Mean? According to theWorld Wildlife Fund(WWF) where we got the data for our map, there are five different conservation statuses that are cause for concern. The table below explains the types of conservation statuses ordered from least concerning to...
Scientist often use maps ofmammalspecies ranges to investigate patterns of biodiversity or to predict how climate change will affect species. But these maps are incomplete because they don't show species' natural ranges, only where they occur today. Many species have had their ranges drastically re...
both user requests and to background and foreground acquisitions derived by mission internal priorities and focusing on science core sites, but also with a mandate to fill up the mission capacity considering mapping missions demonstrations in remote regions of the Earth, where orbits are largely ...
2017b). Intriguingly, recombination can also differ between sexes, where recombination may be absent in one sex (achiasmy), or where both sexes are recombining but at different rates (heterochiasmy). Achiasmy is thought to occur as a consequence of recombination suppression in the heterogame...
An Inspiring and Iconic American Landscape The Grand Canyon is as much a symbol of America as it is an icon among national parks. Established in 1919, the 1.2 million-acre park is one of the most visited in the system, attracting almost 4.5 million visit
Iraq is the cradle of civilization, but today the country's economics is destroyed due to the military conflict and there is a civil war Jordan Jordan is one of the most interesting countries in the Middle East. It is perfectly safe for travelers, local people are very friendly and the sun...