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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4815-2018
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© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Ideas and perspectives
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15 Aug 2018
Ideas and perspectives | Highlight paper |
| 15 Aug 2018
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Ideas and perspectives: Strengthening the biogeosciences in environmental research networks
Daniel D. Richter
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC
27708, USA
Sharon A. Billings
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Kansas Biological
Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
Peter M. Groffman
City University of New York, Advanced Science Research Center and
Brooklyn College, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, New York,
NY, USA
Eugene F. Kelly
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University,
Ft. Collins, CO, USA
Kathleen A. Lohse
Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University,
Pocatello, ID, USA
William H. McDowell
Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of
New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
Timothy S. White
Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, The Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, PA, USA
Suzanne Anderson
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research and Dept. of Geography,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Dennis D. Baldocchi
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of
California at Berkeley, CA, USA
Steve Banwart
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Susan Brantley
Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, The Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, PA, USA
Jean J. Braun
Geosciences Environment Toulouse, Universite de Toulouse,
Toulouse, FR and University of Yaounide, LIM DYCOFAC, IRD, Yaounde, Cameroon
Zachary S. Brecheisen
Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC
27708, USA
Charles W. Cook
Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC
27708, USA
Hilairy E. Hartnett
School of Earth and Space Exploration and School of Molecular
Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
Sarah E. Hobbie
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of
Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
Jerome Gaillardet
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Institut Universitaire de
France, Paris, France
Esteban Jobbagy
Grupo de Estudios Ambientales – IMASL, CONICET, and Universidad
Nacional de San Luis, Argentina
Hermann F. Jungkunst
Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of
Koblenz-Landau, Landau, Germany
Clare E. Kazanski
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of
Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
Jagdish Krishnaswamy
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE),
Bangalore, India
Daniel Markewitz
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of
Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
Katherine O'Neill
Environmental Studies, Roanoke College, Salem, VA, USA
Clifford S. Riebe
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming,
Laramie, WY, USA
Paul Schroeder
Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
Christina Siebe
Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico,
Mexico City, Mexico
Whendee L. Silver
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management,
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Aaron Thompson
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia,
Athens, GA, USA
Anne Verhoef
Department of Geography and Environmental Science, The University
of Reading, Reading, UK
Ganlin Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture,
Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008,
China
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As knowledge in biology and geology explodes, science becomes increasingly specialized. Given the overlap of the environmental sciences, however, the explosion in knowledge inevitably creates opportunities for interconnecting the biogeosciences. Here, 30 scientists emphasize the opportunities for biogeoscience collaborations across the world’s remarkable long-term environmental research networks that can advance science and engage larger scientific and public audiences.
As knowledge in biology and geology explodes, science becomes increasingly specialized. Given...
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