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Vespericola armigera, #commonName the Santa Cruz hesperian, is a #species of air-breathing #landSnail, a #terrestrial #pulmonate #gastropod #mollusc in the family #Polygyridae.

A Comprehensive Framework For Evaluating The Quality Of Street View Imagery
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2022.103094 <-- shared paper
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“HIGHLIGHTS
• [They] propose the first comprehensive quality framework for street view imagery.
• Framework comprises 48 quality elements and may be applied to other image datasets.
• [They] implement partial evaluation for data in 9 cities, exposing varying quality.
• The implementation is released open-source and can be applied to other locations.
• [They] provide an overdue definition of street view imagery..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #streetlevelimagery #Crowdsourcing #QualityAssessmentFramework #Heterogeneity #imagery #dataquality #metrics #QA #urban #cities #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #StreetView #Google #Mapillary #KartaView #commercial #crowsourced #opendata #consistency #standards #specifications #metadata #accuracy #precision #spatiotemporal #terrestrial #assessment

Giant, #Ancient Life Form Doesn’t Fit Into Any Known Branch of Life
Scientists have debated where #Prototaxites belong in tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it might represent a whole new branch.
Researchers analyzed #fossil of Prototaxites species called Prototaxites taiti and concluded that it belonged to now-extinct lineage of multicellular #terrestrial #eukaryotes (organisms, including all animals and plants, whose cells contain a nucleus).
https://gizmodo.com/giant-ancient-life-form-doesnt-fit-into-any-known-branch-of-life-2000582118

Steve Pink’s ‘Terrestrial’ and Julie Pacino’s ‘I Live Here Now’ Among Fantasia 2025 First Wave Line-Up (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #News #Fantasia #FantasiaInternationalFilmFestival #ILiveHerenow #StevePink #Terrestrial

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/steve-pink-terrestrial-fantasia-2025-first-wave-line-up-1236390453/

Even the worst #massextinction had its oases
Scientists have debated whether this event caused nearly as much terrestrial destruction. Now, researchers from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology (NIGPAS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences suggest that #terrestrial #ecosystems did not suffer nearly as much as the #oceans.
Plants thrived in present-day #China throughout the End-#Permian #extinction.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/03/even-the-worst-mass-extinction-had-its-oases/

https://www.alojapan.com/1257333/nec-achieves-japans-longest-terrestrial-wireless-optical-communication-over-10-km-press-releases/ NEC achieves Japan’s longest terrestrial wireless optical communication over 10 km: Press Releases #beam #FreeSpace #FSO #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #nasushiobara #Network #news #OpticalFiber #QuantumCryptography #QuantumKey #RadioWaves #satellite #terrestrial #Tochigi #TokyoSkytree #WirelessCommunications FSO is a wireless communication method that enables high-speed and high-capacity communication compared to radio waves. It transm…

Cuadro Físico Meteoro y Geológico de la Tierra y Reloj Cosmográfico. (Physical, Meteorological, and Geological [1879] Chart of the Earth and Cosmographic Clock.)
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https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~366459~90133720:Cuadro-Fisico-Meteoro-y-Geologico <-- shared David Rumsey Map Collection holding, and download the high resolution digital copy of the map…
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[the level of detail - with the ballon and other cartographic affectations…]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #maps #oldmaps #global #world #geography #geology #flora #fauna #terrestrial #FridayFeeling #gischat #Spain #rivers #mountains #humanity #globe #earth
@DavidRumseyMapCenter

#terrestrial : belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like

- French: terrestre

- Italian: terrestre

- Portuguese: terrestre

- Spanish: terrestre

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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form

The upcoming extremely large telescopes will provide the first opportunity to search for signs of #habitability and #life on non-transiting #terrestrial #exoplanets.

For the most accessible nearby target, #Proxima Centauri b, we may be able to rule out a sub-Neptune #atmosphere in as little as a single hour of observing, and some #biosignature disequilibrium pairs may be accessible in 10 hours.

#astronomy #astrobiology
https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.08592

video overview - glacier ice loss over two decades
#GIS #spatial #mapping #GlacierMassBalanceIntercomparison #glacial #glacier #global #cryosphere #regional #frehwater #water #resources #waterresources #watersecurity #sealevel #sealevelrise #SLR #rate #change #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #ice #snow #loss #massloss #greenland #antarctic #icesheet #anthropogenic #climatechange #melt #melting #risk #hazard #geohazard #geology #engineeringgeology #marine #terrestrial #ecosystems #watercycle #masschange #insitu #remotesensing #local #observation #model #modeling #projection

Glacier Melt Intensifying Freshwater Loss And Accelerating Sea-Level Rise
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https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/CryoSat/Glacier_melt_intensifying_freshwater_loss_and_accelerating_sea-level_rise <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08545-z <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #GlacierMassBalanceIntercomparison #glacial #glacier #global #cryosphere #regional #freshwater #water #resources #waterresources #watersecurity #sealevel #sealevelrise #SLR #rate #change #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #ice #snow #loss #massloss #greenland #antarctic #icesheet #anthropogenic #climatechange #melt #melting #risk #hazard #geohazard #geology #engineeringgeology #marine #terrestrial #ecosystems #watercycle #masschange #insitu #remotesensing #local #observation #model #modeling #projection

map and charts - Global glacier mass changes from 2000 to 2023

charts - Annual and cumulative glacier mass change from 2000 to 2023

satellite image - Chugach Mountains, Alaska - Glaciers in the Chugach Mountains of Alaska. This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 6 October 2017, shows the melting Scott (left), Sheridan (middle) and Childs (right) glaciers feeding lakes and rivers in their forefields.

photo - Golubin Glacier, Kyrgyzstan, 2012

Oceanic Evasion Fuels Arctic Summertime Rebound Of Atmospheric Mercury And Drives Transport To Arctic Terrestrial Ecosystems
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56300-3 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #mercury #Hg #contamination #summerrebound #arctic #summertime #atmospheric #transport #contaminate #terrestrial #ecosystems #Hg0 #model #modeling #framework #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #concentrations #seaice #atmosphere #river #riverine #GDAS #GEOS #GEOSChem #MERRA2 #GTMM #global #NDVI #remotesensing #cycling #marine #ocean #water #hydrology #seawater #icemelt #anthropogenic #coast #coastal #tundra #permafrost #climatechange #evasion #vegetation #uptake #mitigation

photo - It used to be that researchers didn't study what happens in the Arctic during the polar night because it was difficult to work there. But over the past decade, researchers have ventured into this environment and have come up with surprising findings. Norway's research-dedicated icebreaker, Kronprins Håkon, launched in 2017, is an important tool for this research. Photo: Robin Hjertenes
https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2022/08/arctic-mercury-levels-drop-during-the-depths-of-the-winter/

schematic - representation of the comprehensive coupled model framework depicting Hg transport across air–land–ice–sea interfaces

maps and charts - Spatial pattern of Hg0 in the Arctic atmosphere and ocean during summer

schematic - integrated modeling of Arctic mercury cycling across air, land, sea ice, and ocean

The #terrestrial #pulmonate #gastropods (#Stylommatophora, Gastropoda) have two pairs of #retractile #tentacles, an #apomorphy (#evolutionary innovation of the stem species) of the higher taxon Euthyneura. The rear pair of tentacles is elongated and has #eyes at its tips.
My photos show them in a close #macro shot using the Mediterranean #snail #species #Cornu #aspersum (#Helicidae).
#biodiversity #evolution
© #StefanFWirth Berlin 2024

Photos
C. aspersum, 2020, New edit 2024 © S. F. Wirth

Attention-Worthy Links for December 13th, 2024

https://bit.ly/awl121324

#synchronous #memories #electroencephalogram #neocortex #long-term #Jezero #rim #anorthosite #superflares #magnetic #Ionizing #UV #X-rays #century #radiocarbon #Carrington #Peanuts #CBS #commercialism #Guaraldi #Linus #Luke #Geodesy #warped #terrestrial #water #storag

Striking Satellite Images Reveal Antarctica Is 10 Times Greener Than 35 Years Ago
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https://www.sciencealert.com/striking-satellite-images-reveal-antarctica-is-10-times-greener-than-35-years-ago <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01564-5 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #landsat #change #Antarctic #AntarcticPeninsula #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #climatechange #greening #vegetation #change #warming #satellite #browning #cryosphere #anthropogenic #warming #moss #terrestrial #ecosystems #GoogleEarthEngine #NDVI #TCG #icefree #model #modeling

chart - change in the areal extent of likely vegetation cover

maps - spatial and temporal complexity in AP greening trend over the past 35 years

map & chart - Spatial complexity in the recent localized greening (and browning) trend for the southern section of King George Island and Ardley Island

photos - Moss-dominated ecosystems across the AP [Antarctic Peninsula]

New [2018] 30 Metre Resolution Global Shoreline Vector And Associated Global Islands Database For The Development Of Standardized Ecological Coastal Units
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https://doi.org/10.1080/1755876X.2018.1529714 <-- shared 2018 paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #coast #coastline #global #shoreline #landsat #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #extraction #AI #machinelearning #GSV #GSHSS #ecology #terrestrial #marine #ECU #waters #GEO #GoogleEarthEngine #MBON #BluePlanet #water #hydrography #hydrospatial #GroupOnEarthObservations
@GroupOnEarthObservations #islands @GEOSEC2025

maps - Top – The GSV along the Florida keys in the United States. The continental mainland of North America is shown in tan, islands > 1 km2 in area are shown in green, and islands < 1 km2 are shown in red. These landmasses are depicted at a 1:1,000,000 scale. Bottom – For cartographic reference, the same area of the Florida Keys

maps/landsat image - A visual comparison of the GSV and the GSHHS (Wessel and Smith Citation1996) for an archipelago at the westernmost end of the Florida Keys, United States. The underlying image is from a 1:65,000 level zoom of Esri's World Image Basemap. The yellow lines represent shorelines from the GSHHS, and the red lines depict GSV shorelines. Only the largest polygon shown is > 1 km2. The GSV shows improvement in the visual fit of the coastline vectors to the shore.

annonated map - Illustrative example of the ecological coastal units (ECUs) spatial analytical framework showing the new Global Shoreline Vector (GSV) along a stretch of coast in northeastern Puerto Rico. The GSV is shown with regularly spaced segments attributed and symbolised, in this case, by sinuosity. Perpendicular transects placed at segment intervals are also shown. The segments and transects represent potential spatial objects which could be attributed with data and used to delineate ECUs. The proposed ecological zonation is also shown, including offshore (a) and nearshore (b) coastal waters separated by the 30 m depth contour, and coastal land areas (c) between the GSV and the inland limit of the coastal plain.

NASA Satellites Reveal Abrupt Drop In Global Freshwater Levels | An Abrupt Decline in Global Terrestrial Water Storage and Its Relationship with Sea Level Change
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https://phys.org/news/2024-11-nasa-satellites-reveal-abrupt-global.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-024-09860-w <-- shared paper
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https://www.unesco.org/reports/wwdr/en/2024 <-- shared UN report on water stress
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #satellite #NASA #GRACE #ERA5 #water #waterresources #climatechange #sealevel #sealevelrise #SLR #waterresources #global #freshwater #watermanagement #arid #terrestrial #mascons #TWS #terrestialwaterstorage #surfacewater #groundwater #aquifers #spatialanalysis #model #modeling #spatiotemporal #drought #wateruse #watersecurity #agriculture #irrigation #hydrology #publichealth #risk #hazard #naturalresources #waterquality #gravity

a Time series of near-global (60° S–70° N) mean SST anomalies, Niño 3.4 (black), the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) index with 1-year smoothing (blue), and a North Atlantic tripole index (brown). Negative PDO corresponds to anomalous positive SSTs in the central N. Pacific. b Near-global ERA5 SST trend, 1980–2022, °C/yr. c Correlation between the Niño 3.4 index and GRACE/FO d(TWS)/dt, the latter lagged 2 months with 4-month smoothing applied. d Correlation between the PDO index and GRACE/FO TWS, 3-month smoothing applied

Map of mascons in which the GRACE/FO era minimum terrestrial water storage occurred after the start of 2015, color coded for the year of that minimum. The time series plotted in Fig. 2 is averaged over the South American region delineated in red

Comparison of ERA5-Land, GRACE/FO, and complementary observations: a deseasonalized time series of global land average (60S-70N) TWS anomalies (mm) from GRACE/FO, ERA5-Land, and ERA5 vertically integrated moisture flux convergence, b ERA5-Land precipitation (P), evapotranspiration (ET), and runoff (RO), c same as b but for GPCP P, GLEAM ET and G-RUN RO. Units in b and c are mm d−1, d 2003–2022 trend in ERA5-Land P-ET, e Same as d but for GPCP v3.2 P—GLEAM 3.6a ET. Units in d and e are mm d−1/yr. All anomalies are relative to the 2003–2022 monthly resolved climatological mean

TWS trends (mm/yr) over the period 2003–2022 in a GRACE/FO and b ERA5-Land; and c correlations of monthly TWS anomalies between GRACE/FO and ERA5-Land. Ice sheets and areas of significant glacial extent have been masked

Marine ecozones represent a major gap in Canadian DNA barcoding efforts

Comparison of the DNA barcode coverage from Canadian terrestrial and marine ecozones.

https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10.1139/facets-2024-0015

#DNAbarcoding #Canada #terrestrial #marine #ecozone

Leaf litter processing is crucial for integrating #terrestrial material into #aquatic food webs. Our study published in #oikos_journal reveals how the population #density of native and non-native #amphipods affects #leaf litter processing.

https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10774

Experimental setup to keep amphipods in small tanks and measure their leaf litter processing. The picture shows three racks with 28 tanks each, placed on four shelfs of seven tanks.

Experimental cages, plastic pipes covered by nets, placed in a natural stream. The pipes are attached to concrete bricks to keep them inundated. These cages were used to measure leaf litter processing by amphipods in natural streams.

2024 LIVING PLANET REPORT

Over the past 50 years (1970–2020), the average size of monitored #wildlife populations has shrunk by 73%.
Based on almost 35,000 population trends and 5,495 species of #amphibians, #birds, #fish, #mammals and #reptiles. Freshwater populations have suffered the heaviest declines, falling by 85%, followed by #terrestrial (69%) and #marine populations (56%).