Even MORE Islands That Aren’t Islands

From Atlas Pro. Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/atlaspro Today we take another look at isolated environments to learn how islands can arise even when surrounded by vast seas of desert! Sources / Further Reading: Sierra de la Laguna https://www.oneearth.org/ecoregions/sierra-de-la-laguna-pine-oak-forests/ https://en.unesco.org/biosphere/lac/sierra-la-laguna https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/nt0227 https://tosea.net/the-sierra-de-la-laguna-biosphere-reserve-bajas-island-in-the-sky/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/41424739 https://bashanfoundation.org/contributions/Ortega-A/ortegaoakpine.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mbi-Honey-Escandon/publication/230709948_Phylogeographic_patterns_of_differentiation_in_the_Acorn_Woodpecker/links/563273e608ae242468d9f817/Phylogeographic-patterns-of-differentiation-in-the-Acorn-Woodpecker.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Cape-Region-vegetation-community-type-The-Sierra-La-Laguna-Biosphere-Reserve-SLLBR_fig1_342638855 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Distribution-of-forest-types-in-the-Sierra-de-la-Laguna-Biosphere-Reserve-in-the-southern_fig1_237151825 https://amphibian-reptile-conservation.org/pdfs/Volume/Vol_17_nos_1-2/ARC_17_1-2_[General_Section]_57-142_e326_high_res.pdf…

The Amazing Biogeography of Caves

From Atlas Pro. Today we’re learning about both the geographic and biologic factors that influence life underground to see if we can get a better understanding of cave biogeography! Support me on Patreon here: Follow me on Twitter @theatlaspro Sources / Further Reading: https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.24044 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-020-0513-8 https://www.touristlink.com/global/cat/caves/map.html#google_vignette https://landlubbers.co.za/about-the-drakensberg/entry-points/cobham-wilderness-area/chameleon-cave/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10040-020-02139-5 https://www.showcaves.com/english/other/region/aq.html https://www.showcaves.com/english/explain/Maps/index.html https://www.un-igrac.org/news/new-world-karst-aquifer-map-allow-better-global-quantification-karst-systems https://environmental-geol.pressbooks.tru.ca/chapter/karst-landscapes-and-systems/ https://environmental-geology-dev.pressbooks.tru.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/73/2021/07/Fig-5-scaled-1.jpg https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1156/pdf/of2014-1156_hi-res-pdfs/of2014-1156_figure_1.pdf https://biodiversitymapping.org/index.php/amphibians/…

Mapping Every Extinct Animal From North America

From Atlas Pro. Join me as I crack open another book (or two) on my shelf and try to learn about every animal missing from this continent! Support me on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/atlaspro Follow me on Twitter @theatlaspro Sources / Additional Reading: https://archive.org/details/worldwildlifefun00worl_0 https://www.currentresults.com/Endangered-Animals/North-America/recently-extinct-animals.php https://sites.google.com/site/seaminkextinction/home/overall-information/range-and-habitat https://archive.nytimes.com/green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/a-riveting-glimpse-of-a-vanished-bird/ https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/141989/fsh0022.pdf?sequence=1 https://www.nathab.com/blog/last-of-her-kind-footage-of-an-imperial-woodpecker/ https://irlspecies.org/misc/impoundments.php https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Seaside_Sparrow/id# https://www.fws.gov/species/dusky-seaside-sparrow-ammodramus-maritimus-nigrescens https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/sandhills/ https://www.sdakotabirds.com/species/maps/seaside_sparrow_map.htm https://www.sdakotabirds.com/species/maps/bachmans_warbler_map.htm https://www.sdakotabirds.com/species/eskimo_curlew_info.htm…

The Plan to Build an Island Using Only Electricity

From Atlas Pro. We’ve learned about the Saya de Malha bank a number of times on this channel, but a shocking amount of our information regarding this isolated seabed comes from a single expedition carried out there in 2002. Today I’m diving deeper into the story behind this fateful voyage, and the true motivation behind…

I Bought The World’s MOST Comprehensive ATLAS

From Atlas Pro. With claims of being "the world’s most authoritative atlas," and even "the greatest book on earth," I couldn’t help but spend as much money as it took to get my hands on what surely must be the most impressive atlas I’ve ever seen. Join me as I thoroughly put this to the…