Global Patterns of Bird Abundance and Distribution Revealed . . . Every year the eBird Status and Trends project updates the abundance visualizations and range maps with millions of new observations submitted by eBirders to provide the most up-to-date information on the status and trends of bird populations This year, the team modeled relative abundance for 1,009 species across the globe using data from more than […]
Miscellany (Page 98) This is Cool Math Is Fun Forum Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, affecting about 237 million people or 3 3% of the world's population, as of 2015 It becomes more common as people age Among those over 60 years old, about 10% of males and 18% of females are affected Osteoarthritis is the cause of about 2% of years lived with disability Signs and symptoms
What Makes a Species Endangered? | Britannica Over 7,000 species around the world are considered endangered That number doesn’t even include the plants, animals, and other life-forms that are listed by some scientists as vulnerable, critically endangered, or extinct in the wild—all rankings that mean a species is inching closer and closer to ill-fated extinction
Which animals are most likely to survive climate change? Everything is connected There's no doubt about the threats to Earth's biodiversity from climate change and habitat destruction In 2022, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released the Living Planet
Rarest Animals in the World: 10 Critically Endangered Species The African forest elephant population has not seen nearly as much population recovery as its relative, the African savannah elephant Anup Shah Getty Images Key Takeaways The African forest elephant, Tapanuli orangutan and vaquita are among the world's most critically endangered species, with populations dwindling due to habitat loss and poaching ; Conservation efforts have seen mixed
Warming seas and melting ice sheets – Climate Change: Vital . . . GRACE's record, spanning over a decade, shows that the ice loss is accelerating in Greenland and West Antarctica Greenland has shed, on average, 303 gigatons of ice every year since 2004, while Antarctica has lost, on average, 118 gigatons of ice per year, with most of the loss coming from West Antarctica