A Vision for Continental-Scale Biology: Research Across Multiple Scales

by Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

Our planet is facing many complex environmental challenges, including the loss of biodiversity and rapidly changing climate conditions, driven by intensifying human-nature interactions worldwide. Dramatic advances in the biological sciences over recent years are made possible by new tools to study life at many scales, from identifying mutations in a single gene to monitoring changes in plants, animals, and microbes over an entire continent. These...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309711355
• ISBN13: 9780309711357
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 138 Pages