David Tilman
David Tilman
G. David Tilmanis an American ecologist. He is Regents Professor and McKnight Presidential Chair in Ecology at the University of Minnesota, as well as an instructor in Conservation Biology; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; and Microbial Ecology. He is director of the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve long-term ecological research station. Tilman is also a professor at University of California, Santa Barbara's Bren School of Environmental Science & Management. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow, is a Fellow of the American...
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It was built on the assumption that eight to 12 people would be there, ... Now, during the season, 120 are out there on a typical day. We're lucky a lot of the work is outside. The building is now totally inadequate. It can't even meet basic needs.
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Humans have now become the dominant force controlling the ecosystems of the world, ... And we don't know what the implications are.
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We're piecing it together one brick at a time, ... We need to get more bricks.
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What if someone builds a house next to us, and they don't want us burning? ... We can't stop the house from being built, but they want to stop us from burning.