New technologies are revolutionising ecology, with more data than ever available at our fingertips. But what are the costs and perils of ecologists doing less field work? Interviews with several BES members in this fascinating @nature.com article

There must be space for both. Actual #fieldwork is so important. #Data needs to be handled carefully, rigorously, because otherwise the results can present a result that isn’t actually a true depiction of reality. Fieldwork is the check, the actual evidence, and it must not be overlooked.

Correct. blog.elagage-hevea.com/oceanoguy-ex...