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Have you looked closely at a stream, lake or woodland and observed changes in it over time? That's exactly what scientists are trying to do on a larger, regional-to-continental scale -- a macrosystems biology scale. Macrosystems biology might be called biological sciences writ large. To better detect, understand and predict the effects of climate and land-use changes on organisms and ecosystems at these large scales, the National Science Foundation Directorate for Biological Sciences has awarded $15.
9 million for 12 new MacroSystems Biology and Early NEON (National Ecological Observatory Network) Science projects. Pollinators, like the one pictured here, are the subject of this new MacroSystems Biology/Early NEON Science grant.Image credit: USFS
