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Badlands National Park sits upon highly erodible sedimentary rocks that form distinctive pinnacles, gullies and spires. Threats to the park include illegal fossiling and the invasion of weeds and non-native grasses.
Badlands National Park
A map shows that land use in the Ohio River Basin is dominated by developed, forested and cropland areas. Diagram from
Ohio River Basin Land Use
Lower Mississippi land use is dominated by developed, forested and cropland areas, and has the largest proportion of wetlands of the entire Mississippi River Basin.
Lower Mississippi Land Cover Map
Emergent wetland species are planted in a buoyant matrix that floats at the water surface. The roots of these plants grow through the matrix and take up the nutrients they need to grow directly from the water, potentially decreasing nutrient concentrations.
Floating Wetlands Structure and Impact
Newborn mockingbird nest tucked deep into thorny pyracantha hedge.
Nest of northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Coastal wetlands that are protected from erosion have an adequate sediment supply to build upwards, and will likely be more resilient to the effects of climate change.
Coastal Wetlands Resilience to Climate Change…
Snowfall and the tilt of this bird feeder full of sunflower seeds did not deter these birds. Northern cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) and dark-eyed junkos (Junco hyemalis) were the primary visitors. The male cardinal is bright red and the female is a soft green-gray with red accents. Both have red beaks. The male junco found on the US East Coast has a pinkish beak and is slate gray on the top half of the body and soft white on the lower half. This photo was taken in February 2014 in Cambridge, MD USA.
Birds on a tilted bird feeder
A Maryland native shrub, the surrounding winter foliage of this Northern bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica) shrub provided a male Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) with a protected perch.
Northern cardinal
A Maryland native shrub, the surrounding winter foliage of this Northern bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica) shrub provided a male Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) with a protected perch.
Northern cardinal
Illustration of Queensland flag
Flag: Australia Queensland
This map depicts land use in the Upper Mississippi River River sub-basin, one of the five major sub-basins of the Mississippi River.
Upper Mississippi River River sub-basin land use
Discarded tires and trash in Chesapeake Bay.
Pollution in the water
Woods along the shoreline of Chesapeake Bay.
Woods along the shoreline
Woods along the shoreline of Chesapeake Bay.
Woods along the shoreline
Pollution in Chesapeake Bay.
Tires in the water
Illustration depicting aquaculture
Aquaculture
Illustration of drinking water from treatment plant off-take
Drinking water
Illustration of a hydro power station
Energy: hydro power station
Illustration of a person riding a jet ski
Jet ski
Illustration of a race track or intensive horse breeding facility
Race track or horse breeding facility
Illustration of a pumping station for sewage
Water: sewage pumping station
Illustration of a concrete weir
Weir
Great blue heron in the Everglades at Shark Valley Visitor Center.
Great blue heron
Great blue heron in the Everglades at Shark Valley Visitor Center.
Great blue heron in the Everglades
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