Using citizen science to expand the global map of landslides: Introducing the Cooperative Open Online Landslide Repository (COOLR).

Using citizen science to expand the global map of landslides: Introducing the Cooperative Open Online Landslide Repository (COOLR).

Robust inventories are very important for enhancing evaluation of and response to lethal and dear landslide hazards. However, accumulating landslide occasions in inventories is troublesome at the global scale due to inconsistencies in or the absence of landslide reporting. Citizen science is a beneficial alternative for addressing some of these challenges. The new Cooperative Open Online Landslide Repository (COOLR) … Read more

Geographic review on the specimens of the Caatinga Biome in the Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (RB) herbarium.

Geographic review on the specimens of the Caatinga Biome in the Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (RB) herbarium.

This article provides a quantitative description of flora specimens saved in the Jardim Botânico of Rio de Janeiro Herbarium that belongs to the Federal Conservation Units of Caatinga’s phytogeography space. The Caatinga represents 11% of Brazilian territory and is, in South America, the largest and most biodiverse semi-arid tropical ecoregion, however solely 5% of its … Read more