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H.S.Irwin & Barneby</a> observed in Manaus, Brazil by crax (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">CC BY-NC 4.0</a>) </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="block_slide__textContent" dir="auto"> <h3 class="h2 block_slide__textContent__title"> <div> Climate change </div> <div class="block_slide__textContent__title__count" count="https://api.gbif.org/v1/literature/search?literatureType=journal&topics=CLIMATE_CHANGE&relevance=GBIF_USED&peerReview=true&limit=0"> </div> <div class="block_slide__textContent__title__small">Peer-reviewed papers using data </div> </h3> <div class="block_slide__textContent__body body-text"> <p>Biodiversity loss and climate change interact in many ways, reflecting two sides of the same problem: humanity’s unsustainable relationship with the natural world. Explore the research relying on data from the GBIF network to understand and assess the growing impact that changing temperatures, precipitation and other climate-related phenomena are having on biodiversity.</p> </div> <div class="block__actions"> <div class="block__action"> <a href="/resource/search?contentType=dataUse&topics=CLIMATE_CHANGE">Featured</a> </div> <div class="block__action"> <a href="/resource/search?contentType=literature&literatureType=journal&topics=CLIMATE_CHANGE&relevance=GBIF_USED&peerReview=true">See all</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </uib-slide> <uib-slide template-url="carouselslide.html" index="1"> <article class="block_slide ng-cloak"> <div class="block_slide__content"> <div class="block_slide__imageArea"> <div class="block_slide__imageArea__container block__imageArea--rounded "> <img src="//api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/480x480/http:%2F%2Fimages.ctfassets.net%2Fuo17ejk9rkwj%2F22GcyHpeYoIm01iUdKtyYW%2F174e3bc2ef8864c701cdf14a0f8ca256%2FSphagneticola_trilobata.jpeg"> <div class="block_slide__imageArea__caption" dir="auto"> <a href="/occurrence/3118391506"><i>Sphagneticola trilobata</i> (L.) Pruski</a> observed in Macao by Jeremy J Busfield (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">CC BY-NC 4.0</a>) </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="block_slide__textContent" dir="auto"> <h3 class="h2 block_slide__textContent__title"> <div> Invasive alien species </div> <div class="block_slide__textContent__title__count" count="https://api.gbif.org/v1/literature/search?literatureType=journal&topics=INVASIVES&relevance=GBIF_USED&peerReview=true&limit=0"> </div> <div class="block_slide__textContent__title__small">peer-reviewed papers using data </div> </h3> <div class="block_slide__textContent__body body-text"> <p>Information is the single most important variable necessary to support research, monitoring and management of alien and invasive species. From identifying and predicting potential invasions to improving management applications, detection strategies, and risk assessments, GBIF plays a pivotal role in fulfilling data needs about these costly and disruptive forces of change.</p> </div> <div class="block__actions"> <div class="block__action"> <a href="/resource/search?contentType=dataUse&topics=INVASIVES">Featured</a> </div> <div class="block__action"> <a href="/resource/search?contentType=literature&literatureType=journal&topics=INVASIVES&relevance=GBIF_USED&peerReview=true">See all</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </uib-slide> <uib-slide template-url="carouselslide.html" index="2"> <article class="block_slide ng-cloak"> <div class="block_slide__content"> <div class="block_slide__imageArea"> <div class="block_slide__imageArea__container block__imageArea--rounded "> <img src="//api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/480x480/http:%2F%2Fimages.ctfassets.net%2Fuo17ejk9rkwj%2F35X9AdJshQjS2wphysaxWQ%2F289bfb1fae0ce1eeafd20efa7f676496%2FRhinolophus_pusillus.jpg"> <div class="block_slide__imageArea__caption" dir="auto"> <a href="/occurrence/3058757408"><i>Rhinolophus pusillus</i> Temminck, 1834</a> observed in Shizuoka, Japan by Ryosuke Kuwahara (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">CC BY-NC 4.0</a>) </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="block_slide__textContent" dir="auto"> <h3 class="h2 block_slide__textContent__title"> <div> Human health </div> <div class="block_slide__textContent__title__count" count="https://api.gbif.org/v1/literature/search?literatureType=journal&topics=HUMAN_HEALTH&relevance=GBIF_USED&peerReview=true&limit=0"> </div> <div class="block_slide__textContent__title__small">Peer-reviewed papers using data </div> </h3> <div class="block_slide__textContent__body body-text"> <p>Knowing where the species that transmit disease-causing pathogens occur is important for recognizing, managing and preventing potential threats to human communities. Data shared through the GBIF network enables scientists and researchers to map the wild host, vector and reservoir species involved in cycles of disease transmission and how their distributions are changing.</p> </div> <div class="block__actions"> <div class="block__action"> <a href="/resource/search?contentType=dataUse&topics=HUMAN_HEALTH">Featured</a> </div> <div class="block__action"> <a href="/resource/search?contentType=literature&literatureType=journal&topics=HUMAN_HEALTH&relevance=GBIF_USED&peerReview=true">See all</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </uib-slide> <uib-slide template-url="carouselslide.html" index="3"> <article class="block_slide ng-cloak"> <div class="block_slide__content"> <div class="block_slide__imageArea"> <div class="block_slide__imageArea__container block__imageArea--rounded "> <img 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