Conduct research of processes in natural or industrial ecosystems.

Conduct research of processes in natural or industrial ecosystems. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 6 occupations and seen in 8 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Research biological or ecological phenomena. in Getting Information .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 8 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 7 (88%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 2 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.002% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Collect and analyze biological data about relationships among and between organisms and their environment. · Biologists · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Study and manage wild animal populations. · Biologists · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Conduct own research in field of expertise. · Natural Sciences Managers · importance 3.5 · direct LLM exposure
• Conduct experiments investigating how soil forms, changes, or interacts with land-based ecosystems or living organisms. · Soil and Plant Scientists · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools
• Study different tree species' classification, life history, light and soil requirements, adaptation to new environmental conditions and resistance to disease and insects. · Foresters · importance 2.9 · exposure with tools
• Conduct laboratory or field experiments with plants, animals, insects, diseases, and soils. · Forest and Conservation Technicians · importance 2.9 · no direct exposure
• Study insect distribution or habitat and recommend methods to prevent importation or spread of injurious species. · Soil and Plant Scientists · importance 2.6 · exposure with tools
• Investigate the adaptability of various animal and plant species to changed environmental conditions. · Industrial Ecologists · importance 2.1 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Biologists
• Natural Sciences Managers
• Soil and Plant Scientists
• Foresters
• Forest and Conservation Technicians
• Industrial Ecologists

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Conduct research of processes in natural or industrial ecosystems.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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