National Geographic’s TWO Newest Atlases
From Atlas Pro. After a recent video, someone from the National Geographic Society reached out to give me an updated set of their atlases. Today I open them up to see if there’s anything new worth seeing.
Geography, geology, biology, and ecology. That’s what we’ll be talking about here at Atlas Pro. Well that and maybe some history, chemistry, and whatever else is really necessary to explain something. Point is, we’re trying to learn more about the Earth, it’s systems, and maybe more.
From Atlas Pro. After a recent video, someone from the National Geographic Society reached out to give me an updated set of their atlases. Today I open them up to see if there’s anything new worth seeing.
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/…
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…
From Atlas Pro. Recently I came across this atlas at a local yard sale, and thought it would be fun to explore and see how many of you can guess when it was printed based solely on the information inside! Support me on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/atlaspro Follow me on Twitter @theatlaspro
From Atlas Pro. Parts of the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York receive upwards of 55 inches of rainfall annually, qualifying them as potential temperate rainforests. Today, I put that claim to the test, and try to find some more rainforests in unexpected places! Support me on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/atlaspro Follow me on Twitter @theatlaspro…
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…
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…
From Atlas Pro. My recent entry into the NameExoWorlds Contest has reminded me of the time I tried, and nearly succeeded, to name the deepest crater on Mars, and a new tool has allowed me to explore this feature like never before. Support me on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/atlaspro Follow me on Twitter @theatlaspro Sources /…
From Atlas Pro. Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/atlaspro Check out my latest Astro Pro video here: https://nebula.tv/videos/astropro-how-i-almost-named-the-deepest-crater-on-mars At a recent yard sale, I came across this seemingly vintage tin globe. In order to know its true value, I needed to figure out what year it comes from! Support…
From Atlas Pro. Get exclusive access to NordPass’ best offer here: https://www.nordpass.com/atlaspronord Or, use code "atlaspronord" at the checkout to get additional 1 month for FREE Today we revisit the topic of island biogeography to learn about some more isolated environments, each with their own collection of unique animals as a result. Support me on…
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From Atlas Pro. Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/atlaspro Watch the next Astro Pro right now: https://nebula.tv/videos/astropro-why-these-planets-are-getting-new-names Today I finally address a gap in my knowledge: butterflies. To do this, I’m using a field guide to try to find what has gone extinct. Support me on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/atlaspro…
From Atlas Pro. Sign up for Worldanvil here: https://www.worldanvil.com/?c=AtlasPro And use the code ATLASPRO when subscribing for 40% OFF any yearly subscription. Sources / Further Reading https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/the-triassic-period-the-rise-of-the-dinosaurs.html https://samnoblemuseum.ou.edu/understanding-extinction/mass-extinctions/end-triassic-extinction/ https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/mesozoic/triassic/triassic.php#:~:text=The%20northern%20forests%20at%20the,to%20conifer%20and%20cycad%20vegetation. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/003466679090031D https://www.amnh.org/shelf-life/six-extinctions https://www.britannica.com/science/Triassic-Period/Terrestrial-reptiles-and-the-first-mammals https://oeb.harvard.edu/news/dawn-modern-reptiles https://phys.org/news/2021-08-fossil-species-ancient-forerunner-modern.html https://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/G104/lectures/104triassic.html https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/taxa/verts/archosaurs/crocodylomorpha.php https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-hottest-earths-ever-been#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20warmest%20times,and%20250%20million%20years%20ago. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03834-3 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Life-reconstructions-of-Clevosaurus-hudsoni-and-Diphydontosaurus-avonis-A-Clevosaurus_fig3_303996913 https://www.npr.org/2022/09/20/1124108921/rise-of-the-dinosaurs https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2109895118 https://ougs.org/files/ouc/archive/proceedings/Proceedings_OUGS_2_2016_web_res.pdf https://bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristol.ac.uk/dist/5/537/files/2019/07/2013ESR.pdf https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/evolving-landscape/the-cretaceous-period/ https://www.sci.news/paleontology/mid-cretaceous-rainforest-antarctica-08293.html https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-61480-7 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Global-paleogeographic-map-at-the-Triassic-Jurassic-transition-ca-200-Ma-Surface_fig2_269099987
From Atlas Pro. Sign up for CuriosityStream and get free access to Nebula here: https://curiositystream.com/?coupon=atlaspro So far in my studies of biogeography, we’ve mainly looked at how life distributes and structures itself on land. Today we’re changing that by taking a deep dive into the many similarities and differences between terrestrial and marine environments. Support…
From Atlas Pro. Sign up for CuriosityStream and get free access to Nebula here: https://curiositystream.com/?coupon=atlaspro Check out my new channel Astro Pro here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDW13ycIiHcl4QVN-YwVy0w Now that I’m moving into my house, I’ve decided it’s the perfect time to take a closer look at some of the posters that’ll go on to decorate my future set.…
From Atlas Pro. I was always taught there were seven continents, Australia being one of them. However, I’ve been doing this long enough to know many of my international viewers might’ve been taught something else; that Australia is an island within the continent of Oceania. This has in turn generated a lot of confusion surround…