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Coffee plant with berries
Coffea sp. (Coffee Plant)
Feral pig eating
Feral pig 2
Vine crop on fence
Vine crop
This diagram depicts the stream impacts of landscape modifications in the watershed of the Upper Potomac River.
Upper Potomac Headwaters Conceptual Diagram
This three panel triptych illustrates historical, predevelopment conditions in the North Central United States, in comparison to the current state, and future trajectory of land and water use. Historically, the region adapted and rebounded from droughts, however, with human use and climate change, the resilience of the North Central United States against drought is reaching an unknown state.
Historical, predevelopment conditions in the…
This diagram shows the values and indicators used in the Orinoco River Basin report card.
Orinoco River Basin values
The wild turkey is the the same species as the domestic turkey, a large poultry bird that was domesticated by the indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica at least 2,000 years ago. Turkey meat is a popular form of poultry, and domestic turkeys are raised throughout temperate parts of the world as livestock.
Meleagris gallopavo (Wild turkey)
Unsustainable development and overfishing threaten Belize's coral reefs.
Belize coral reefs in jeopardy
Side view of a red lawn mower.
Lawn Mower
One of the oldest handcrafts of African origin in the United States is the hand-woven winnowing sieve, a shallow basket that was used during the Colonia Era to separate the rice seed from its chaff. Made from indigenous bulrush, sweetgrass is a strong yet supple marsh grass that thrives in the sandy soil of the coastal regions of the US South Atlantic.
Gullah sweetgrass basket
White fish lay in green murky water. At landings in Chilika Lake, dead fish thrown back into the water contaminate the Lake.
Dead fish
Equipment used to spread fertilizer on residential lawns.
Lawn Fertilizer Spreader
A wooden fence is depicted from raised side view. The fence is made out of brown logs and has large gaps in the fence slates.
Wood-split fencing 02
A conceptual diagram illustrates the factors that can stimulate the growth of harmful algal blooms in brackish rivers and how these blooms can negatively impact other species within the ecosystem.
Algal Bloom Causation and Impacts in Brackish…
A conceptual diagram illustrates the factors that cause brown tide algae blooms to occur in high magnitudes and what impacts these blooms have on the rest of the ecosystem.
Causes and Impacts of Brown Tide Algal Blooms
An image depicts the planting of cover crops, which grow during the winter season to stabilize the soil until the spring growing season.
Cover Crops as a Key Watershed Stewardship…
A graph illustrates the issue that the use of nitrogen fertilizers in Maryland has more than doubled since 1970.
Increased Nitrogen Fertilizer Use in Maryland…
While industrialization and urbanization have had a negative environmental impact on the Ohio River today several organizations are working together to combined economic and development opportunities with recreational and ecosystem goals. Diagram from
Main Threats and Key Features of the Ohio River…
As land use in the Chilika Lake area changes from forest to settlements and paddy agriculture sewage, and fertilizer and pesticides runoff increases into the Lake. This extra nutrient input results in algae blooms that float and sit on the bottom.
Chilika Lake Pollution Pressure
Unsustainable fishing and aquaculture practices have put pressure on the Chilika Lake ecosystem. Dead fish thrown back into the water contaminate the lake while shrimp pens trap sediment and kill juvenile fish.
Chilika Lake Fishing and Aquaculture Pressures
Diagram depicting Human-caused and natural vulnerabilities of Chesapeake Bay to climate impacts.
Human-caused and natural vulnerabilities of…
Illustration of cultural Odisha graphics associated with the east coast of India.
Cultural Odisha graphics
Illustration to depict fertilizer
Fertilizer
Illustration of a forestry worker, cutting down a tree with a chain saw.
Forestry worker
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