Geospatial Conservation Atlas - The Nature Conservancy's geospatial portal includes web maps, apps, a map gallery, local initiative portals, conservation data, and other resources. National Geologic Map Database - This is a nation wide geologic map database developed by USGS's National Geologic Map...
Frost along a ridge on the frozen surface of a restored wetland at The Nature Conservancy’s Platte River Prairies. We just moved across town and now (briefly, if things go well) have two houses to clean out and organize, respectively. As a result, it’s been a frenetic month or so....
I decided to walk past the bar on my way to the grocery store and ended up lurking on the sidewalk near the set. Billy, a crew member, asked me if I was a paparazzo. I showed him my camera, some shots of me and Scott camping in Big Sur, and a couple photos of “Mad Men” ...
Read this report from The Nature Conservancy for more details on these severe impacts. “NOAA is forecasting an above-average summer “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico covering approximately 5,827 square miles— an area roughly the size of Connecticut. The dead zone, or hypoxic area, is ...
The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, USA P. Ellis Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK P. Friedlingstein Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique/Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure/Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Ecole Polytec...
Raja Ampat is an archipelago of islands, located just off the tip of Bird’s Head Peninsula in Indonesia’s West Papua province. It is an unmissableecotourismdestination as it is pristine, because it is difficult to get to, but entirely worth the effort. The Nature Conservancy and Conservation...
The Great Lakes helped make the U.S. an economic powerhouse. Now climate change, pollution, and invasive species threaten their complex ecosystems.
“All things must be in harmony with nature to grow, and obtain from nature to thrive.”6 There are many vivid examples. One of them is Dujiangyan, a large-scale water conservancy project on the Minjiang River near the city of Chengdu on the Chengdu Plain, in southwest China’s Sichuan ...
Fort Collins, The Nature Conservancy. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4265.1126 Book Google Scholar Merow C, Smith MJ, Silander JA (2013) A practical guide to MaxEnt for modeling species’ distributions: what it does, and why inputs and settings matter. Ecography 36(10):1058–1069 ...
KELVIN LEMANTAANAt one with nature Kelvin has been in tune with the African bush since he was born. As a Samburu who grew up in Westgate Conservancy close to Sasaab, the sights, sounds, smells and tracks of the African wilderness are second nature to him. He can’t remember ever wanting...