NSF Grants Foster Understanding of Biological Systems on Regional to Continental Scales

NSF Grants Foster Understanding of Biological Systems on Regional to Continental Scales
Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:14:00 -0500

Biological sciences writ large, it might be called.

To better detect, understand and predict the effects of climate and land-use change on organisms and ecosystems at regional to continental scales, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded 14 grants in "macrosystems biology."

How will the biosphere respond to natural and human-induced changes across a range of time and space scales? What is the pace and pattern of the responses? What is the effect on ecosystem ...

More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=121279&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click

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