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Russia revitalizes science

Nature volume 473, pages 428–429 (2011)Cite this article

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Researchers drawn by 'mega-grants' find rewards and frustrations in equal measure.

Siberia, of all places? Ernst-Detlef Schulze's wife rolled her eyes when her husband agreed to lead a major ecosystem study in the Yenisey region in the heart of Russia's eastern vastness. At first, Schulze, the founding director of the prestigious Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany, had been hesitant himself — but sensing a unique opportunity to study how the Arctic tundra and boreal forests store and release carbon, he decided to pack his bags.

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Schiermeier, Q. Russia revitalizes science. Nature 473, 428–429 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/473428a

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