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In a story about how scientists are using drones to fight plant extinction, Reuters Graphics uses a blend of video, illustration, and statistical graphics. I like the part in the middle where the mixed media seamlessly comes together.
Tags: conservation, drone, plants, Reuters
Posted by in conservation, drone, Infographics, plants, Reuters
Urban Ecology: where the wild meets the city post-info Urban ecosystems are expanding around the world as people migrate to cities and the human population continues to grow. What happens to other species
Last Monday night I took the mic at a Toronto bar. The whole second floor was full of conservation scientists in town for the North American Congress for Conservation Biology, the music from below
Last summer, my daughter received All Aboard! National Parks, a whimsical board book that devotes full-page spreads of colorful, kid-friendly illustrations to nine National Parks along a fictional railroad route. The National Parks skew western
The XV Collection: Effective Conservation Requires Science-Based Decisions post-info by Georgina Mace The efforts made by conservationists to preserve vulnerable species and sustain critical ecosystem services face increasing challenges. Funding is limited, pressuresPosted by in Biology, conservation, ecology, environment, featured, plos biology, PLOSBio15, Research
As plants take in sunlight and carbon dioxide to grow, they also respire or “breath” out part of that carbon dioxide back to the atmosphere. When this occurs belowground from the plant’s roots, it’sPosted by in climate change, conservation, ecology, featured, geography, hydrology, Montana, mountains, new research, PLoS, PLOS One, science
I’ve got my conference roadtrip routine dialed in. This spring I drove to the Northeast Natural History Conference (215 miles each way), the Northeast Alpine Stewardship Gathering (150 miles), the University of Maine Climate
As you enter Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Park from highway 180 there is a small little parking lot to the side with a couple of bathrooms and a non-descript, standard-issue, brown, wooden parkPosted by in biodiversity, California, climate change, conservation, ecology, Ethics, Evolution, featured, forests, geography, PLoS, trees
post-info April was a truly diverse month at PLOS Biology. This month we are talking about gravity-defying fungi, representation of endangered species in the media, gender gaps and information gaps in scientific research and whyPosted by in Biology, careers, conservation, data, Debate, ecology, environment, featured, genetics, open access, plant biology, plos biology, Research
Happy National Parks week! While I tend to plan trips around plants — Thuja plicata in Olympic National Park, Lathyrus japonicas at Cape Cod National Seashore — I understand the draw of non-botanical Park