This map shows the optimal migrations patterns for wildlife looking for a better environment in the face of climate change. Migrations in Motion is interactive at the link, and has data only for North and South America so far. It's a collaboration between the University of Washington and the Nature Conservancy. UW professor Joshua Lawler explains the map.
The map is color-coded to depict separate movement patterns for mammals, birds and amphibians. The animations show a mass exodus toward northern regions, with empty black zones showing where large cities or landscape features like the Great Lakes block migration. It's important to note that each dot and subsequent streaking line show the accumulation of species' movement, not just one animal's future migration, Lawler explained.
The researchers were surprised to see how clearly migration routes appeared once the data were visualized. They knew from the data that the Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains were important movement areas, but once the data were animated on a map, those routes popped out like well-trodden paths, Lawler said.
In South America, the general movement is for species to leave the Amazon basin for the Andes. You can zoom into an area to see more detail at the site. -via How Stuff Works
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Great ready btw.
Thanks!
Also, if France sucks, America blows.
So not really a suicide at all then.
btw the French loved me and my friends when we visited Paris and we're all Americans. If the French were rude to you, you're probably just stupid or obnoxious or something.
Also, if you go to Paris remember that their national language, with pride and dignity, is French. If you don't speak French, don't scream English at them.
I've traveled the world, and of all the cities I've visited (including remote places like Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia), Paris, France was the rudest and its people the most unhelpful.
grammar?well, lets judt consider that,man..take alook of the effort not that grammar thing..tsk tsk..
i love this place so much !
I feel fortunate because I speak English and French.
I love Americans and love French people.
I lived in Paris for one year and, man!, if you speak the language, even those who knows the basic,and explain your reasons they are very helpful. You have no idea how many times French people helped me.
But give me a break! I was walking one day and an American old lady started asking me in English, without even asking me if I speak English or not, informations about... I don't know what it was because I thought it was very rude of her not asking "Do you speak English?".
I told her in my language, Portuguese, I don't speak English or French.
It seems this old lady follows me because I was in my country and she came with a coke can and demanded me where on earth was the can recycle bin?
I'm sorry but I told her that in my country we don't have it and almost told her to get the can back to her country since it was her countries garbage she was holding.
lol
A friend of mine showed her where was the right garbage to put her coke can.
I don't like the when Americans like this old lady behaves this way.
I love Americans and have many American friends.
I am telling these stories just to say that this kind of generalization and stereotypes makes no sense.
I believe that some Americans will have this antipathy towards French people till the end of the times.
What about Germans? Polish or Russian people.
Oh! I am Brazilian.
I would like to inform you that our capital is Brasília and that samba has nothing to do with salsa or other Latin musics and dances.
:)
There are many things you don't know about Brazil and I also don't like the stereotypes.
Well, I believe that there are many errors for some readers amuse themselves and I will not read to correct them.
I loved the post.
I will copy the photo to my blog.
Thanks for sharing Alex!
:)
I forgot to tell her that colonialism did the same to indigenous people like they did in AMerica.
I am trying to acceesss:) the site to get the copyrights but it's not working anymore.
Pity!
As far as people go, I encountered many people all over Italy who lived up to the Parisiens' reputation for rudeness and intolerance, but the people I met in France were generally ok.
When I visit a foreign country, I do make it a point to learn how to say, "I don't speak [the language], do you speak English?" This backfired in Israel: several people responded to me in Hebrew anyway since I was speaking the language.