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Extinction sucks. And with that in mind, it’s incumbent on humans to make sure that other species besides ourselves can inhabit the planet and support thriving populations for generations to come. Another resource has now made its way into the toolkit to help with the critical task of protecting biodiversity. Map of Life has pre-released a new service powered by the Google Earth engine that can better define and locate at-risk species specifically in nature reserves. The new service, announced in a Google Research Blog post, uses biodiversity data and high-resolution habitat information to locate and evaluate the actual conditions of species in greater detail…

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