Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Neural Tube Defects and Detection of...
PLOS ONE, Published 21 April 2016 By Yilan Liao, Yan Zhang, Lei He, Jinfeng Wang, Xin Liu, Ningxu Zhang, and Bing Xu “Background: Neural tube defects (NTDs) are congenital birth defects that occur in...
View ArticleGeostatistical interpolation model selection based on ArcGIS and...
SpringerPlus, Published 11 April 2016 By Yong Xiao, Xiaomin Gu, Shiyang YinEmail author, Jingli Shao, Yali Cui, Qiulan Zhang, and Yong Niu “Based on the geo-statistical theory and ArcGIS...
View ArticlePolar Challenge: Creating an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Under Sea-Ice...
World Ocean Council Partners with World Climate Research Programme and Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation to Promote Industry Involvement in Polar Research Innovation The World Ocean Council (WOC)...
View ArticleHabitat-based cetacean density models for the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 22615, Published Online 03 March 2016 By Jason J. Roberts, Benjamin D. Best, Laura Mannocci, Ei Fujioka, Patrick N. Halpin, Debra L. Palka, Lance P. Garrison,...
View ArticleA submarine landslide source for the devastating 1964 Chenega tsunami,...
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 438, 15 March 2016, Pages 112–121 By Daniel S. Brothers, Peter J. Haeussler, Lee Liberty, David Finlayson, Eric Geist, Keith Labay, and Mike Byerly...
View ArticleVisualizing Impact of Youth Leadership for the Natural World: Jane Goodall...
Famed primatologist and conservationist launches new online tool with Esri at COP21 in Paris Today, with deep thanks to Esri, Dr. Jane Goodall and the Jane Goodall Institute are launching the Tapestry...
View ArticleProtected areas in Borneo may fail to conserve tropical forest biodiversity...
Biological Conservation, Volume 184, April 2015, Pages 414–423 By Sarah A. Scriven, Jenny A. Hodgson, Colin J. McClean, and Jane K. Hill “Protected areas (PAs) are key for conserving rainforest...
View ArticleGeographic Information System in a Multi-Criteria Tool for Mariculture Site...
Coastal Management, published online 13 February 2015 By Joana Micael, Ana C. Costa, Paula Aguiar, António Medeiros, and Helena Calado “The continuous growth in fish consumption and related activities...
View ArticleCombining Geographic Information Systems and Ethnography to Better Understand...
Applied Geography, January 2015 By C. M. Sullivan, F. D. L. Conway, C. Pomeroy, M. Hall-Arber, D. J. Wright “Agencies in the US with oversight for marine renewable energy development have...
View ArticleReal-time GIS Data Model and Sensor Web Service Platform for Environmental...
International Journal of Health Geographics, Published Online 09 January 2015 By Jianya Gong, Jing Geng, and Zeqiang Chen “Background Effective environmental data management is meaningful for human...
View ArticleGeographically Weighted Regression to Measure Spatial Variations in...
Ocean & Coastal Management, Volume 103, January 2015, Pages 14–24 By Jinliang Huang, Yaling Huang,Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr., and Zhenyu Zhang “Highlights GWR reveals spatial variation in water...
View ArticleA GIS-based Relational Data Model for Multi-dimensional Representation of...
Environmental Modelling & Software, Volume 65, March 2015, Pages 79–93 By Dongsu Kim, Marian Muste, and Venkatesh Merwade “Highlights Represent river data in a curvilinear coordinate system to...
View ArticleTwo New Maps that Could Change the World
Maps have long been used by people to help navigate and understand our world. Early maps guided early humans to basic necessities such as food and water. Today, the world is changing rapidly, and it’s...
View ArticleScientists Spotlight Top Conservation Themes for Satellite Technology
Scientists from the WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), NASA, and other organizations have partnered to focus global attention on the contribution of satellites to biodiversity conservation in a...
View ArticleSpatio-temporal Analysis of Forest Changes in Contrasting Land Use Regimes of...
Applied Geography, Volume 55, December 2014, Pages 193–202 By Markus Kukkonen and Niina Käyhkö “Highlights: Deforestation has accelerated in Unguja between 1975 and 2009 and current deforestation rate...
View ArticleThe Advantages of Incorporating Historical Geographic Information Systems...
Journal of Map & Geography Libraries: Advances in Geospatial Information, Collections & Archives, 10:157–172, Published Online 23 July 2014 By Michael Reid “As the terrestrial and marine...
View ArticleData Collection and Mapping – Principles, Processes, and Application in...
Marine Policy, Volume 50, Part A, December 2014, Pages 27–33 By Rachel J. Shucksmith and Christina Kelly “Highlights: The importance of data collection and collation to marine spatial planning. A...
View ArticleRegional Marine Spatial Planning – The Data Collection and Mapping Process
Marine Policy, Volume 50, Part A, December 2014, Pages 1–9 Rachel Shucksmith, Lorraine Gray, Christina Kelly, and Jacqueline F. Tweddle “Highlights: Regional marine spatial planning in practice....
View ArticleScientists Map Risk of Premature Menopause after Cancer Treatment
Women treated for the cancer Hodgkin lymphoma will be able to better understand their risks of future infertility after researchers estimated their risk of premature menopause with different...
View ArticleMap Stories Can Provide Dynamic Visualizations of the Anthropocene to Broaden...
The Anthropocene Review, Published Online 15 July 2014 By Andrew Zolnai “Provision of broadly accessible and spatially referenced visualizations of the nature and rate of change in the Anthropocene is...
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