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“Space may be the final frontier of exploration, but there’s plenty of Earth left unmapped too — from the giant canyon recently discovered beneath Greenland to American waters that have been left largely unexplored. But that’s quickly changing, thanks in part to Bob Ballard’s latest project.” Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, a science writer for Australia’s Gizmodo.com, elaborates further on a...

The U.S. network “The Weather Channel” has acquired the U.S. rights to Tipping Points, an international coproduction exploring the tipping points of changing climate. The documentary series follows a group of scientists as they “venture off the grid to explore the perilous tipping points making our weather systems more extreme and unpredictable,” according to the network. The 6 x 60-minute series is being...

In an October 11, 2013 article titled “World’s first mapping of America’s rare plants,” Peter Christensen and Christina Troelsen, writing for Aarhus University, state: “The results of a major international research project show that climate stability plays a crucial role in the distribution of plants on Earth. Rare species in the Americas are restricted to areas of California, Mexico, the Caribbean...