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News Release 11-233
Diversity of Life on Earth: NSF Awards Grants for Study of Dimensions of Biodiversity
Earth losing species more rapidly than scientists can understand the roles they play
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NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity scientists are studying rainforests to ocean depths.
Credit: IUCN
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Subjects range from bacteria to amphibians, from plankton to ants to wild tomatoes.
Credit: India Institute of Ecology and Environment
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Dimensions of Biodiversity ecologists are investigating microbes on the skin of amphibians.
Credit: Nicolle Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation
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Wild tomato leaves: how drought affects wild tomatoes is a focus of one award.
Credit: Leonie Moyle
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At a hydrothermal vent in the deep ocean, scientists measure chemosynthetic processes.
Credit: Stefan Sievert, WHOI
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Researchers will study ciliates, widespread in aquatic ecosystems, as part of their grant.
Credit: John Clamp, North Carolina Central University
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