Humboldt's Relevance in the Age of Big Data
On 14 September 2019, it will be 250 years since the German Explorer and naturalist Alexander von Humbold was born. However, the "Humboldtian" approach to science is still relevant in the age of "Big Data”. New paper published in Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, led by Assistant Professor Naia Morueta-Holme from Center of Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen.
In a newly published essay, Geography of Plants in the New World: Humboldt's Relevance in the Age of Big Data, Assistant Professor Naia

Comparing the foremost insights and approaches of Humboldt’s time and of today, they highlight areas in which major changes have taken place and areas in which Humboldt’s approach is still relevant.
Finally, they discuss how our recognition of the planetary impact of humans in the Anthropocene means that much of our research is no longer exclusively driven by curiosity, but also by the societal need to make predictions of ecosystem responses to environmental change.
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E-mail: morueta-holme@snm.ku.dk
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Naia
Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate
Phone: (+45) 61 67 65 95
E-mail: morueta-holme@snm.ku.dk
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