As the world is changing – how are we protecting nature? In this HUJI Bite, Dr. Niv DeMalach from Hebrew University’s Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture finds the answers in a box. Dr. Demalach places different plants in large containers and examines how they interact. Whether the plant communities become increasingly similar or increasingly diverse indicates how they will behave when faced with diversity in nature. Looking at statistics from around the world, using big data we can better understand how plants thrive in different conditions.