Stephanie Pau knew she wanted to study biogeography when she first saw a satellite map of a section of the earth that was brightly color-coded, representing a diversity of plant life based on light reflectance not visible to the human eye. Maps like those can tell us a lot about our changing planet, and they drive Pau’s work as an associate professor with joint appointments in the Department of Geography and the Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management. Using remote sensing to ge

Learn about biogeography, the study of the geographic distribution of organisms, with this video from NOVA’s Evolution Lab. Use this resource to teach students how life inhabits newly formed islands, and why places that are far apart sometimes have similar species: https://bit.ly/34ZqTwV | NOVA Education