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News Release 12-184
National Science Foundation Awards Grants for Research on Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Studies should lead to new understanding of how humans and the environment interact
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Ancient Siberian pine tree in central Mongolia; the trees hold records of past precipitation.
Credit: Neil Pederson, LDEO, Columbia University
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A man carries a bundle of grasses collected in a community forest in Chitwan, Nepal.
Credit: Scott Yabiku, ASU
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NSF CNH scientists will study urban mosquito ecology in diverse communities of people.
Credit: CDC, Public Health Image Library
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Lobster fishermen set traps at Punta Abreojos, Baja California, Mexico.
Credit: G. Shester
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Guizhou golden monkey in China from an automatic infrared camera; part of a CNH study.
Credit: Li An, SDSU
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A canal in the Logone floodplain in Cameroon; canals have changed the area's hydrology.
Credit: Mark Moritz
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