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Tropical Paradise Inspires Virtual Ecology Lab
Moorea is one of the most studied ecosystems in the world. Myriad data collected over four decades will be used to build a digital replica of the island that includes varied geography, its climate, and all of its plant and animal life.
Credit: Yann Arthus-Bertrand/Corbis
A paradise on Earth could soon become the first ecosystem in the world to be replicated in digital form in painstaking detail, from the genes of its plants and animals to the geography of its landscape.
From Nature
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