A new map. The Global Ecological Land Unit map is the most detailed look ever at Earth's ecosystems ... Underneath: reams of reference. A world's worth of data. The US Geological Survey pulled ...

Take a look at the maps in the slideshow and at the ... ve had previously and set a baseline for the world as it is now. “We know about ecosystems at a macro scale, for example the Amazon ...

A variety of ecosystems are spread across the world, each with distinctive interacting characteristics and components. They range from small (eg a freshwater pond) to global (eg the desert biome).

On the slope of a Utah mountain, lives the world's oldest living organism ... where it sits at the center of an entire ecosystem. At first glance, the Pando looks like a forest of individual ...

Wetlands are disappearing three times faster than forests and are Earth’s most threatened ecosystem. In just 50 years — since 1970 — 35% of the world’s wetlands have been lost. Human ...

The Great Barrier Reef, the largest living structure in the world ... didn't expect to find such a beautiful, thriving ecosystem': Hidden world of life discovered beneath Antarctic iceberg ...

Much of the world's natural coastline is protected by living habitats, most notably mangroves in warmer waters and tidal marshes closer to the poles. These ecosystems support fisheries and ...