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Professor Catherine CardelĂșs featured in Nature.com article

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±«Óătv Associate Professor of Biology Catherine CardelĂșs was featured recently in a

Nature.com talks about the literal and metaphorical heights to which CardelĂșs must climb in order to pursue her investigations. According to the article, â€œ[it] requires climbing up ropes while battling jungle heat and fending off biting insects. On each climb, she lugs a heavy pack filled with sample-collecting tags and bags, tape measures, notebooks, walkie-talkies, water, lunch, and other supplies for days of work that can keep her in the trees for up to seven hours at a time.”

Due to the unpredictable nature of the work that CardelĂșs does in the canopy, “you constantly have to be open to the possibility that you can’t do what you need to do,” she told Nature.com.

To find out more about CardelĂșs and her research, check out the ±«Óătv Scene feature “,” written by .

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