Ecologists are spending less time in the field. That could be a problem.

Mongabay
Apr 21, 2025, 5:02 am285 pts
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. There was a time when an ecologist’s education was not complete without the mud of a marsh on their boots or the scent of damp earth after a rainforest downpour. Increasingly,…

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