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GIS for Science, Volume 3: Maps for Saving the Planet, highlights
real-world examples of scientists creating maps about saving life
on Earth and preserving biodiversity. With Earth and the natural
world at risk from various forces, geographic information system
(GIS) mapping is essential for driving scientifically conscious
decision-making about how to protect life on Earth. In volume 3 of
GIS for Science, explore a collection of maps from scientists
working to save the planet through documenting and protecting its
biodiversity. In this volume, learn how GIS and data mapping are
used in tandem with global satellite observation forestry marine
policy artificial intelligence conservation biology, and
environmental education to help preserve and chronicle life on
Earth. This volume also spotlights important global action
initiatives incorporating conservation, including Half-Earth, 30 x
30, AI for Earth, the Blue Nature Alliance, and the Sustainable
Development Solutions Network. The stories presented in this third
volume are ideal for the professional scientist and conservationist
and anyone interested in the intersection of technology and the
conservation of nature. The book's contributors include scientists
who are applying geographic data gathered from the full spectrum of
remote sensing and on-site technologies. The maps and data are
brought to life using ArcGIS (R) software and other spatial data
science tools that support research, collaboration, spatial
analysis, and science communication across many locations and
within diverse communities. The stories shared in this book and its
companion website present inspirational ideas so that GIS users and
scientists can work toward preserving biodiversity and saving
planet Earth before time runs out.
This collection of noir-ish photographs presents numerous elements
of the natural world imperiled by humanity's havoc. Bil Zelman
highlights the impacts of non-native and invasive species, the
current Holocene Extinction, and the fragile places where man and
nature collide. The series consists of images of specimens and
landscapes, shot at night, accompanied by researched and in-depth
captions, that seem to walk the line between visual evidence and
photographic art.
With a foreword by Edward O. Wilson, this book brings together
internationally known experts from the scientific, societal, and
conservation policy areas who address policy responses to the
problem of biodiversity loss: how to determine conservation
priorities in a scientific fashion, how to weigh the long-term,
often hidden value of conservation against the more immediate value
of land development, the need for education in areas of rapid
population growth, and how lack of knowledge about biodiversity can
impede conservation efforts.
United in their belief that conservation of biological diversity
is a primary concern of humankind, the contributing authors address
the full scope of global biodiversity and its decline -- the
threatened marine life and extinction of many mammals in the modern
era in relation to global patterns of development, and the
implications of biodiversity loss for human health, agricultural
productivity, and the economy. "The Living Planet in Crisis" is the
result of a conference of the American Museum of Natural History's
Center for Biodiversity and Conservation.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a comprehensive accounting of the richest mussel fauna in
the U.S.Alabama rivers and waterways are home to the largest and
most diverse population of freshwater mussel species in the nation,
roughly 60 per cent of U.S. mussel fauna. The Mobile River Basin,
which drains portions of Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi
waterways, also contains diverse mussel populations. However, many
of these species have been significantly depleted in the last
century due to habitat alteration (river damming, channelization,
siltation), pollution, and invasive species, and many more are in
imminent danger of extinction.The authors offer encyclopedic
entries on each of the 178 mussel species currently identified in
Alabama and the Mobile River Basin - the scientific and common
names; a morphological description as well as color photographs of
the shell appearance; analysis of the soft anatomy; information
about ecology, biology, and conservation status; and, a color
distribution map. With an extensive glossary of terms and full
index, plus additional material on the archaeological record, a
history of commercial uses of mussels, and the work of significant
biologists studying these species, this volume is a long overdue
and invaluable resource, not only for scholars of aquatic biology
and zoology but also conservationists interested in the
preservation of ecological diversity and protection of inland
environments.
In recent years, articles in major periodicals from the "New York
Times Magazine" to the "Times Literary Supplement" have heralded
the arrival of a new school of literary studies that promises-or
threatens-to profoundly shift the current paradigm. This
revolutionary approach, known as Darwinian literary studies, is
based on a few simple premises: evolution has produced a universal
landscape of the human mind that can be scientifically mapped;
these universal tendencies are reflected in the composition,
reception, and interpretation of literary works; and an
understanding of the evolutionary foundations of human behavior,
psychology, and culture will enable literary scholars to gain
powerful new perspectives on the elements, form, and nature of
storytelling.
The goal of this book is to overcome some of the widespread
misunderstandings about the meaning of a Darwinian approach to the
human mind generally, and literature specifically. The volume
brings together scholars from the forefront of the new field of
evolutionary literary analysis-both literary analysts who have made
evolution their explanatory framework and evolutionist scientists
who have taken a serious interest in literature-to show how the
human propensity for literature and art can be properly framed as a
true evolutionary problem. Their work is an important step toward
the long-prophesied synthesis of the humanities and what Steven
Pinker calls "the new sciences of human nature."
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