Category Archives: BIODIVERSITY

Highest-resolution Global Forest Cover Dataset

Posted on May 18, 2013 by

A team of Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a 30-meter resolution forest cover data set that could boost our  efforts to track deforestation and forest degradation. The dataset, which is published in the International Journal of Digital … Continue reading →

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Biodiversity Informatics:Bolivia Digitises its Biodiversity

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

Bolivia has taken a giant step ,its more than 50,000 recently digitised records on the vertebrate fauna of Bolivia are now available to the public and specialists at the first Geospatial Center for Biodiversity of Bolivia (CGB). The record is … Continue reading →

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New Hope for Real Time Forest Monitoring System

Posted on April 6, 2013 by

Now Global Forest Watch 2.0 (GFW 2.0) is a powerful near real-time forest monitoring system  that combines satellite technology, new algorithms, cloud computing, mobile phone technologies, maps and human networks around the world to fight illegal logging and deforestation. GFW … Continue reading →

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Neanderthals and Humans may have Coexisted

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

A trove of Neanderthal fossils including bones of children and adults, discovered in a cave in Greece suggests that the area may have been a key crossroad for ancient humans. The fossils suggests Neanderthals and humans may have at least had … Continue reading →

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Holi Special:Marijuana / Cannabis sativa/ Bhang(link)

Posted on March 26, 2013 by

Marijuana is exctracted from the leaves and flowering tops of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. This plant grows in mild climates throughout the world including mainly parts of India, Africa, Mexico, South America, and the United States. In its prepared … Continue reading →

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Dr. Glen Barry proposes a terrestrial ecosystem protection goal to sustain the biosphere and human well-being(link)

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

Planetary boundaries defines key thresholds in the Earth System’s ecological conditions that precede local or global ecosystem collapse and threaten human well-being. This observational study and literature review aggregate what is known regarding the quantity and quality of terrestrial ecosystems … Continue reading →

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Poor Health and Loss of Biodiversity are Slowing Down Economies in Tropics

Posted on January 20, 2013 by

Per Capita incomes of Tropical countries  could be more than double if they managed to reduce their health burden from vector-borne and parasitic diseases to that of  temperate countries. Scientistss from Harvard Medical School and Princeton University in the United States … Continue reading →

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Good News:Coral Found A Way to Survive

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

Coral reefs are under stress around the world often due to climate change issues. Researchers have uncovered a pattern of gene activity that enables some corals to survive in higher temperatures. Some of the Acropora hyacinthus corals in the back … Continue reading →

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