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From models to the world’s biodiversity: How a theoretical biologist predicts the effects of environmental change

Posted August 17, 2019 by Abby Kimmitt

Dr. Jason Bertram is sitting at his desk working on his laptop. On the screen, you can see graphs that exhibit models that are showing how populations might respond to different environmental challenges.

Upon establishing the Environmental Resilience Institute (ERI) at Indiana University, the leaders and visionaries reported four main goals. The first goal stated that the supported research would create “accurate predictions about coming changes in weather patterns, water, plants and animals, and disease risk.” This goal focused on directly predicting what Hoosiers would have to face,… Read more »

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