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The San Juan Islands support one of the highest densities of breeding bald eagles in the contiguous United States. Here's why.

Why is X longitude and Y latitude in GIS? Understand how geographic coordinates work and discover simple ways to remember the difference.

From Alaska's Arctic coastline to Delaware's colonial hundreds, discover the geographic features and characteristics that make every U.S. state unique.

Discover where turkey vultures, black vultures, and California condors live across the United States and what shapes their distribution.

From Delaware to Hawaii, discover when each state entered the Union and the geographic features that make every state unique.

Learn how painted lady butterflies complete the world's longest known butterfly migration, traveling up to 9,000 miles between Europe and Africa.

Advances in GIS, satellite imagery, and AI are helping scientists forecast where wildfires are most likely to ignite, spread, and produce hazardous smoke.

Learn how satellites measure ocean temperatures, sea surface height, and other indicators used to monitor El Niño.

Extratropical cyclones are powerful storms forming between 30°–60° latitude, driven by temperature contrasts.

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 spri...

Microforest projects use the Miyawaki method fast-track the growth of dense, biodiverse forests, aiming to achieve full growth in 20-30 years.

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

Since the 1960s, blue jays have gradually extended their range past the Rocky Mountains into the western United States and Canada.

Researchers using models and historical records estimate that up to 11% of all bird species have gone extinct since the Late Pleistocene.

A study of 135,153 vascular plant species predicts that by 2070, 33-68% of land on Earth will experience significant phytoclimate changes.

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

FAO’s global dataset maps access to towns and cities of all sizes within realistic travel times, highlighting patterns of urban interconnectedness.

Since the 1960s, more and more crows have been abandoning their rural winter roosts in favor of cities and towns.

Groundwater stored over many years is a significant contributor to streamflow in Western United States mountains according to a published study.

Bubbles created by the movement of waves can influence how much carbon dioxide is absorbed by the ocean.

NatureServe has developed an updated 30-meter hexagon map of regional ecosystems in the contiguous United States and adjacent areas.

Learn how to find and use building footprint data from OpenStreetMap to create a 2.5D map in ArcGIS Pro.

Discover the highest point in each U.S. state.

Learn about the highest 11 mountains in the United States.

Rainbows and moonbows occur when light is refracted through drops of water in the sky.

Researchers are studying how wolves shape forests by limiting beaver foraging, keeping them close to water to avoid predation.

Researchers used synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data from colocated satellites to estimate tree canopy height.

When looking at aerial and satellite imagery, telling the difference between a canyon and a mountain can sometimes be tricky due to an optical illusion.

GraphCast is a Google DeepMind effort that uses deep learning to improve medium-range weather forecasting.

UniTS is a tool designed to simplify the process of using multiple time series datasets created over different time periods and for different geographic resolutions.

Researchers are using satellite imagery to map Antarctica’s penguin population by estimating their numbers based on the large guano stains left behind.

Fast ice, found in both polar regions, is sea ice that attaches to coasts, icebergs, ice shelves, or the ocean floor.

Learn how to find URLs for older feature and map servers hosted on ArcGIS Online so they can be added to QGIS.

By tagging seals with specialized sensors, researchers can map Antarctic ocean currents, heat distribution, and assess the health of marine ecosystems.

Steep slopes cause water to flow more quickly, increasing erosion and carving channels that eventually form tributaries.

A study found that about 25% of Europe could benefit from rewilding, the process of restoring natural ecosystems and wildlife.

Fire-triggered thunderstorms called pyroCbs (pyrocumulonimbus clouds), is on the rise.

Glacial retreat in Alaska's Yakutat Foreland has fueled rapid growth of proglacial lakes, doubling their size in 40 years as seen in Landsat imagery.

Cartopareidolia is the phenomenon of seeing people and animals in maps.

Isostatic rebound is the Earth's slow rise after glaciers melt, reshaping coastlines, revealing landforms, and altering sea levels globally.

This QGIS tutorial guides you through pan sharpening Landsat imagery by combining the 15-meter panchromatic band with lower-resolution multispectral bands.

Learn how to create a radial flow map in QGIS to visualize migration using metro-to-metro data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Grounding lines are the boundaries where glaciers and ice sheets transition from resting on solid ground to floating on seawater.

Currently, the largest iceberg in the world is A-23A, with an area of 3,880 square kilometers.

The 2025 papal conclave is underway. Here's which countries the 135 voting cardinals eligible to elect the next pope come from.

Explore viewers for visualizing GIS vector data in shapefile format, available for both desktop and web browsers.

There are a couple of sources available for downloading the cholera map created by John Snow in GIS data format.

Here are some simple strategies for remembering that X is longitude and Y is latitude in GIS.

Researchers analyzed GIS faculty hiring data to identify geographic patterns influencing job placement.