Geography Realm

At Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve, repeated nesting-season projects by Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District are reshaping habitat relied on by migratory birds returning to nest each spring.

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Midpen says timing matters in grassland management. At Bear Creek Redwoods, spring mowing conflicts with ground nesting birds and blooming wildflowers.

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A 2023 heatwave killed nearly all of Florida’s main reef-building corals, leaving the reef functionally extinct.

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Landsat imagery and NDVI are used to monitor vegetation change, from invasive grass spread in rangelands to early stress detection in coastal marshes.

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A global dataset of 700 mud volcanoes was recently published by geologists from Sapienza University.

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