Maps like these offer a valuable tool to officials and conservationists who are scrambling to protect biodiversity. That work is critical, because scientists say humans are speeding extinction at ...

How maps protect the future of our planet’s biodiversity Geographic information system (GIS) technology provides a clear picture of where plant and animal species are at the greatest risk of ...

The Map of Biodiversity Importance (MOBI)—an effort backed by NatureServe, state partners, Esri and the Nature Conservancy (TNC)—offers an unprecedented picture of wildlife in the United States.

(CN) – Efforts by scientists to map out global diversity are not new, particularly as ecosystems come under increasing pressure from a combination of human development and a changing climate. But up ...

World's biodiversity maps contain many gaps Date: August 12, 2021 Source: Yale University Summary: As the world's nations prepare to set new goals for protecting biodiversity, researchers have ...

“We hope that the Map of Life app, built from 100 years of knowledge about where species are found, will accelerate our ability to completely close the many gaps in our biodiversity knowledge.” Indeed ...

A global map that lays out 36 classes – and perhaps more – of forest would open a window into insights beyond just the diversity of the trees in the canopy, he said.

Map: Biodiversity hotspots Much of the Earth's species diversity is concentrated into a few relatively small areas. Twenty-five regions have been identified which together cover only 1.4% of the Earth ...

The maps and dataset were published in a recent edition of Science Advances, the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s open access multidisciplinary journal. Not only has MacGown made ...

A sweeping new study has unveiled a global map of marine mollusks that reflects not just present-day ocean conditions but ...

Despite decades of ocean exploration, humans still lack basic answers to one of the most fundamental ecological questions: where is marine life found, and why?

To demonstrate our university’s biodiversity, we created maps using Indian folk art, and they have been a resounding success. Skip to main content. Scientific American. Opinion. May 20, 2023.