The role
What an ecologist actually does, day to day.
As an Ecologist, you study how living things depend on each other and on their surroundings. You might work to save a species that is dying out, or help restore an area of damaged woodland or wetland. You use what you find to advise the government and other organisations on how to look after nature better.
A lot of your work happens outdoors - you might spend weeks in a forest watching how animals live, or counting birds and insects, or testing water in a stream. You collect samples and take measurements, then back at the office you use computers to work out what the numbers mean. You also work with other scientists, local groups, and government bodies to share what you have learned and make plans to protect the environment.
Day to day
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