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4th NEON undergraduate internship program starts off strong

June 16, 2016

Six enthusiastic undergraduate interns arrived at NEON headquarters in May to participate in NEON’s fourth annual undergraduate internship program . Learn more about who they are and what they are working on.

2016 Interns

Apply now for two NSF/NEON remote sensing data workshops

June 14, 2016

Applications are due on June 24 for two upcoming remote sensing data workshops that have been funded through an NSF Macrosystems Biology grant.

Workshop at NEON HQ

Research study of forest restoration will use NEON’s Project BudBurst

May 24, 2016

Researcher Kim Novick will use a $750,000 NSF grant to implement a network-enabled research project that will incorporate and leverage NEON’s Project BudBurst.

Photo of Kimberly Novick from article "Research study of forest restoration will use NEON's Project Budburst"

Learning to train the next generation of data scientists

April 21, 2016

In late January 2016, Megan Jones , a NEON staff scientist and science educator, participated in a Software Carpentry & Data Carpentry Instructor Training Workshop.

Megan Jones in the field

Monitoring ecological change with a growing network of phenocams

April 12, 2016

Phenology—the study of how nature changes seasonally—is a core focus of NEON science. Studying how plants, insects and animals respond to seasonal changes is central to increasing scientists’ understanding of how variations in climate impact life cycle patterns of plant, insect and animal communities.

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Gaining a Clearer Picture of Phenology and Snow Depth Dynamics with NEON Phenocam Data

March 31, 2016

In a collaboration with the PhenoCam Network, NEON now streams phenocam image data to the Phenocam Gallery - including tower top images and ground level images.

phenocam tree data through the lens

NEON's 2016 remote sensing flight schedule now available

February 19, 2016

The 2016 Airborne Observation Platform flight campaign will run from April to October, covering 25 terrestrial field sites and 17 aquatic field sites across nine NEON domains.

AIO twin otter over a NEON field site

Seeking grad students and early career scientists for NEON's first Data Institute

February 12, 2016

NEON is now accepting applications for its inaugural Data Institute. This unique opportunity will give participants hands-on experience with open data using well-documented reproducible methods.

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NEON airborne data to help estimate and map vegetation health now available

January 22, 2016

Learn more about how some of these data can be used to help estimate and map relative vegetation health, biomass and plant productivity in detail across the greater areas around NEON sites. We'll also tell you how to get the data.

Plant diversity sampling at ABBY

NSF Announces Macrosystems Biology and Early NEON Science research funding opportunities

January 11, 2016

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced the MacroSystems Biology and Early NEON Science: Research on Biological Systems at Regional to Continental Scales program with a fast approaching proposal deadline of March 15.

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2015 NEON Intern Wins Second Place in AGU’s Virtual Poster Showcase

December 7, 2015

Hitomi Okada, who interned with NEON this past summer, recently came in second place in the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Virtual Poster Showcase . Read on to see how an undergraduate internship with NEON helped Hitomi prepare for this competition.

2015 Intern Hitomi Okada

Meet Katherine McCarter, NEON Board Member and ESA Executive Director

December 2, 2015

Learn about Katherine McCarter and her perspective on the importance of NEON for the field of ecology. Katherine is the Executive Director of the Ecological Society of America (ESA); she has served in this leadership role since 1997. Over the last decade, Katherine has remained committed to supporting NEON: she joined the Board of Directors in January, 2011 and even served on the Consortium Design Committee during NEON’s inception.

The power of measuring vertical wind profiles using NEON towers

November 19, 2015

Did you know that NEON uses sonic anemometers mounted at the top of NEON flux towers and at lower levels of the towers to measure wind speed? Measurements are collected in the same fashion across all NEON towers allowing for comparisons between sites, and preliminary wind speed data are currently available from many field sites.

CPER Tower

Calling all Undergraduates Enrolled in STEM Programs

November 17, 2015

Are you looking for real-world experience in your chosen STEM-related field this coming summer? Then consider a paid internship with the National Ecological Observatory Network(NEON)!

NSF Biocenters unite to close the scientific data skills gap, with a focus on phenology

November 13, 2015

Last month, education, bioinformatics and science experts gathered to build a set of workshop materials that teach reproducible scientific workflows and methods using NEON Data.

Three ways scientists can use NEON today

November 2, 2015

Want to know how you can use NEON today? Here's a quick overview of what's available now and where you can find it.

Field ecologists collecting NEON data at various NEON field sites.

A BOLD way to crowdsource genetic data

October 26, 2015

NEON shares specimens with BOLD, one of the largest genetic databases in the world, where users may search over 1.7M public records.

AOP covers ground with 166 flight hours in 2015

October 13, 2015

The NEON Airborne Observation Platform (AOP) team recently wrapped up their fourth flight season. Learn how much ground AOP covered this summer and how to request NEON AOP data.

Aquatic data available from NEON

September 18, 2015

July of this year marked an important milestone for the NEON project. Data from six aquatic field sites were made available on the NEON Data Portal. These data along with data from 27 terrestrial field sites are now available for download.

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Presidents of the Ecological Society of America share their thoughts on the potential of NEON

September 4, 2015

In mid-August, during the Ecological Society of America’s (ESA) centennial annual meeting, 16 past and present ESA presidents gathered to talk about NEON's value to the ecological community.

Landscape at the OAES field site

Scope change directives designed to ensure overall success of NEON’s construction

August 6, 2015

In mid-2015, the NSF announced its decision to rescope the NEON project. While the NEON vision will remain unchanged, some components of the Construction project were reduced or removed.

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Andy Fox on teaching next generation data users

July 17, 2015

Andy Fox - a NEON scientist and member of the Data Products team - is participating in a number of summer school programs and workshops designed for advanced graduate students and university faculty. His teaching efforts focus on explaining NEON’s capabilities and sharing cutting edge techniques for combining NEON data with ecosystem models.

Picture of Andy Fox, associated article "Andy Fox on teaching next generation data users"

First buoy sensors installed at core aquatic sites

July 14, 2015

NEON, in coordination with staff from Ordway-Swisher Biological Station, recently deployed the Observatory's first in-situ aquatic sensors on to buoys at Suggs and Barco Lake in Florida.

Buoy at Barco Lake

Mapping the invisible: the power of spectral remote sensing

July 14, 2015

NEON, in coordination with staff from Ordway-Swisher Biological Station, recently deployed the Observatory's first in-situ aquatic sensors on to buoys at Suggs and Barco Lake in Florida.

Twin otter plane
Spotlight

Wendy Gram on why she's passionate about sharing science

July 10, 2015

In this #WomeninSTEM interview, read about Wendy, Director of Education, and her hope that NEON data will be a resource for scientists of all ages as they investigate how our earth works.

Wendy Gram

Dr. Eugene Kelly appointed NEON visiting head scientist

July 7, 2015

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Eugene Kelly as NEON’s Visiting Head Scientist. Gene is a well-respected leader in the fields of soil science, ecosystem ecology and environmental sustainability.

Eugene Kelly

Got spatio-temporal data skillz? Join NEON’s data skills hackathon

June 12, 2015

NEON is hosting a 3-day lesson-building hackathon to develop a suite of NEON/Data Carpentry data tutorials and corresponding assessment instruments. Apply by Aug 17, 2015 to attend.

Data Carpentry Workshop

Explore the connections between plants and climate in new video

June 1, 2015

How does a changing climate affect plants? Find out in Project BudBurst’s newest video, Changing Climates: What’s a plant to do?

Submerged aquatic plants at D10 ARIK (photo by Stephanie Parker)

Neon the sled puppy: how a washed out road led to a new friendship

May 26, 2015

Tasked with initiating construction at the Delta Junction site in Alaska and confronted with a washed-out road en route, Frank needed to find an alternate way to access the field site.

Explore the new NEON Data Portal

May 20, 2015

NEON recently redesigned the data portal to improve overall usability and accessibility. Data users can now explore the new Data Portal and share your feedback with us!

Fungi on the forest floor

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