• Changing landscapes of Santa Rosa Island, California

    ByTeo Blašković

    Have the ecosystems of California's Channel Islands changed over the decades? A project matching archival photos with modern images is offering USGS and National Park Service researchers a time machine to look into the past.

    USGS Western Ecological Research

  • Thousands of hectares of tropical forest are saved

    ByEye

    Thousands of hectares of tropical dry forests in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais are now safe from logging, thanks to scientists affiliated with a project called Tropi-Dry. Using information from Tropi-Dry, the members of the Superior Court of Minas Gerais