EAWAG, Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution, Center for Ecology, Evolution, and Biogeochemistry, Seestrasse 79, 6047 Kastanienbaum, Switzerland; EAWAG, Department of Aquatic Ecology, Überlandstr. 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland; Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
EAWAG, Department of Aquatic Ecology, Überlandstr. 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland; Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Sci Total Environ. 2020 Jul 1;724:138194. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138194. Epub 2020 Mar 25.
Drawing insights from multiple disciplines is essential for finding integrative solutions that are required to tackle complex environmental problems. Human activities are causing unprecedented influence on global ecosystems, culminating in the loss of species and fundamental changes in the selective environments of organisms across the tree of life. Our collective understanding about biological evolution can help identify and mitigate many of the environmental problems in the Anthropocene. To this end, we propose a stronger integration of environmental sciences with evolutionary biology.
从多个学科中汲取洞见对于寻找综合解决方案至关重要,这些解决方案是应对复杂环境问题所必需的。人类活动正对全球生态系统产生前所未有的影响,最终导致物种丧失和生物进化之树上的生物的选择环境发生根本变化。我们对生物进化的集体认识有助于识别和缓解人类世的许多环境问题。为此,我们建议将环境科学与进化生物学更紧密地结合起来。