Ecology and social responsibility: the re-embodiment of science

As global environmental problems intensify, ecology is increasingly drawn i nto the social arena, and many ecologists feel caught between two competing models of science: a science apart from society and a science directly eng aged with society. Interdisciplinary research and integrative theories are helping resolve this conflict by providing a common framework for both biop hysical and social sciences. The incorporation of the human dimension into ecology is reversing a century-old trend of separation and reintegrating sc ience into the human experience.