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Video: Biologist Sean B. Carroll on ecosystem resilience

Can a change in the population levels for one species have a cascading effect on others? And how could that change an entire ecosystem? Sean B. Carroll, vice president for science education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and professor of molecular biology, genetics and medical genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, provided NSF with an answer.

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Disease, pollution, development and other factors can damage ecosystems. But once an ecosystem suffers those effects, can it recover? Sean B. Carroll, vice president for science education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and professor of molecular biology, genetics and medical genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, provided NSF with an answer.

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