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Ecology & Environmental Biology
Study how living things interact with each other and with the environment they share.
What this field studies
Ecologists study living systems at every scale, from soil microbes to whole forests. They measure how climate, land use and invasive species change biodiversity, and use that evidence to guide conservation.
Questions researchers are asking
- How does losing one species ripple through an entire ecosystem?
- How do food webs stay stable — and what tips them over?
- How is climate change shifting where species can live?
- How can we measure biodiversity accurately across a whole landscape?
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