Distribution, Identification and Management of Two-Leaf Nightshade (Solanum diphyllum), an Invasive Plant in Florida by Stephen H. Brown, Chris Marble, Stephen F. Enloe

“…It is native to Mexico southwards to Costa Rica. It has escaped cultivation in Florida and grows as far north as Duval County and from Volusia County south to Miami-Dade County. …”
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ADDRESSING DESERTIFICATION TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE PEACE BETWEEN FARMERS AND HERDSMEN IN NIGERIA by Sani Sani Ibrahim

“… Desertification is the reflection of the environmental problem facing Nigeria today, it is estimated that the country is losing about 350,000 hectares to desertification annually, affecting almost the northern part of the country.Series of government efforts were made to address the issue but due to the gap between policy and implementation, the situation keep advancing to southwards at the rate of 1.5 km per year.Thus, desertification is a growing ecological problem, causing economic losses, threatening national unity, as well undermining the country’s national security. …”
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Delineating Hot Zone and Lineaments within Vredefort Crater in South Africa through Aeromagnetic Data Inversions by Muhammad B Atif, Yongzhi Wang, Muhammad P Akhter, Bello Y Ayoola, Lawal K Muideen, Fahad Hameed, Kateryna Hlyniana, Bo Wen, Zubair Nabi, Dong Yuhao, Yakubu M Bashir

“…The trend of the Fractal exponent contour around the center suggests that the contact of the meteoritic body at that region occurs at an angle and then pushes southwards. The structural analysis results show linear structures that are believed to be faults/fractures trending in North-NorthEast (NNE), NorthEast (NE), EastWest (EW), and NorthSouth (NS) directions whose effects have been explained in previous works in the area and were also identified on the ground. …”
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Spatiotemporal range dynamics and conservation optimization for endangered medicinal plants in the Himalaya by Fu-Lv Liu, Winnie Wanjiku Mambo, Jie Liu, Guang-Fu Zhu, Raees Khan, Abdullah, Shujaul Mulk Khan, Lu Lu

“…Six species migrated northwards towards high elevation, while four species migrated southwards. Threat assessment results indicated that all the species are endangered. …”
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Honoring the Afro-Colombian musical culture with the naming of Epipedobates currulao sp. nov. (Anura, Dendrobatidae), a frog from the Pacific rainforests by Mileidy Betancourth-Cundar, Juan Camilo Ríos-Orjuela, Andrew J. Crawford, David C. Cannatella, Rebecca D. Tarvin

“…Epipedobates currulao sp. nov. is the most northern species of Epipedobates, which extends southwards along the western edge of the Andes. Known as the Chocó, this biogeographic region has been largely converted to agriculture in Ecuador and is experiencing widespread transformation in Colombia, which may endanger E. currulao sp. nov. and biodiversity in the region. …”
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L’aqueduc de Fontanières : un cinquième aqueduc romain à Lyon ? by Jean-Yves Barbier

“…In France, the Fourvière promontory, the original founding site of the Roman colony of Lyon/Lugdunum (Metropolis of Lyon), extends southwards into the line of hills that was left behind by the Alpine glaciers of the Lyon plateau, marking the steep eastern edge of the Massif Central at its point of contact with the Rhone Graben and river valley. …”
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Architecture et réfection des aqueducs d’Orléans/Cenabum (Loiret) by Julien Courtois, Mathilde Noël, Franck Verneau

“…A long, interrupted trench void of masonry extends towards aqueduct B after the manhole, while the masonry aqueduct C continues southwards. It runs for about 200 m before branching off again to the west. …”
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