ROVING REPORTERS: From stars to soil — ecologist Yadvinder Malhi brings physics to the living world

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Science explorer Yadvinder Malhi set out to understand the universe through the fundamental laws of physics. His journey instead led him into the complexity of the living world, where forests, animals, people and places are bound together in ways that continue to surprise him. He’ll present his…

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