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Network Earth
The multi-layered web of cooperation that sustains our planet
About the Project
Earth is animated by complex interactions between its life forms, rocks, atmosphere, and water. All living creatures - animals and plants, bacteria, fungi, and others - are involved in a worldwide, multi-layered web of cooperation.
In this video we explore, as an example, the connections that exist between Ants and Plants, and we discover the resilience and fragility of this network.
Our life depends on the health status of these and many other connections between all life forms, and the film shows how it is possible now to monitor these connections and identify whether ecological systems are in danger of failing.
Images Collection
Publication & Press
Nature 530
Network Earth - Universal resilience patterns in complex networks
Northeastern University
Climate change visualization wins National Science Foundation's 2017 Vizzies Challenge
PR Newswire
IBM Scientist Earns National Science Foundation Award for Video Data Visualization
Northeastern News
Award-winning film uses math to provide poetical vision of Earth's complexities
Fast Company
How We're Pushing Nature's Network Architecture To A Catastrophic Crash
Stash Media
Witness the Stunning Complexity of Network Earth
Flowing Data
Social network of Earth's plants and animals
Natural Habitat Adventures
Video: The Interrelated and Networked Earth
The Sun Program
Network Earth