The Geologic Record of Biosphere Dynamics: A Key to Predicting the Biotic Effects of Future Environmental Change

了解生物对过去环境变化的反应动力学是预测未来环境变化对地球生物圈影响的重要因素。尽管地质记录中的时间序列数据是描述过去生物反应动态的主要信息来源，但生物科学家和地球科学家之间的方法和管理鸿沟，以及实时、过去和深度方法之间的鸿沟，阻碍了基础研究及其在政策问题上的应用。这项研究将描述在生物学和地质学的交界处促进跨学科科学的机制，这依赖于对生物地质时间序列数据的收集、分析和理解。本研究将通过(1)评估与生物圈动力学相关的生物地质学分析的现状；(2)确定协作研究和共享方法的最有前途的方向；以及(3)描述实现这些跨学科目标所需的规划主题、研究和数据基础设施，为政府、工业和学术界的知情决策提供基础

Understanding the dynamics of biotic response to past environmental change is anessential element for predicting the effect on the earth's biosphere of futureenvironmental change. Although time-series data in the geologic record represents themajor source of information describing the dynamics of this past biotic response,methodological and administrative gulfs between biological scientists and earthscientists, and among real-time, recent-past, and deep-time approaches, have hinderedbasic research and its application to policy issues. This study will describe mechanismsfor promoting the interdisciplinary science at the interface of biology and geology thatdepends on the collection, analysis, and understanding of biogeologic time-series data.The study will provide the basis for informed decision-making in government, industry, and academia, by (1) assessing the current state of biogeologic analysis relevant to biosphere dynamics; (2) identifying the most promising directions for collaborative research and the sharing of methodologies; and (3) describing the programmatic themes and research and data infrastructures required to accomplish these interdisciplinary objectives