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News Release 13-170
In race against time, NSF grants fund research on Earth's threatened biodiversity
NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity program announces 13 new awards
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![Photo of a hot spring in Yellowstone park](/news/mmg/media/images/YoungDIB2_f.jpg)
Yellowstone's hot springs will be sampled in an NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity project.
Credit: Mark Young, Montana State University
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![Thick lucines shells](/news/mmg/media/images/Engel2_Ppectinatus_f.jpg)
Chemosymbionts in shellfish like thick lucines, collected in Florida, are being studied.
Credit: Annette Summers Engel, UT-Knoxville
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![Aerial photo showing color differentiation of genetically distinct aspen clones in Wisconsin.](/news/mmg/media/images/aspen.clones.contrast_ebe9e44c-dd07-46f2-81a6-fa702cb1a9a4_f.jpg)
Aerial photo showing color differentiation of genetically distinct aspen clones in Wisconsin.
Credit: Michael Madritch
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![A hawkmoth drinking nectar from a flower](/news/mmg/media/images/manduca_quinquemaculata_437a5070-2f3d-4fab-a005-07971b91ff84_f.jpg)
A hawkmoth drinks nectar: Flowers and moths are among the Dimensions of Biodiversity awards topics.
Credit: Krissa Skogen, Chicago Botanic Garden
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![A set of small plots with diverse flowers](/news/mmg/media/images/img_0278_9f37e7b0-f183-456e-b41b-a4a869be8204_f.jpg)
NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity researchers will study plant biodiversity in small plots.
Credit: Maren Friesen
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![A green lizard in the Atlantic forests](/news/mmg/media/images/anolis punctatus_da758ef2-f33a-4825-ac39-0d26a05c841e_f.jpg)
This lizard lives in Atlantic forests and in Amazonia; scientists are comparing these ecosystems.
Credit: Mauro Teixeira Jr., USP
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