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Building a community that thrives online, offline and after the meeting

September 7, 2012

By Sandra ChungWordles of all tweets to the #ESA2012 hashtag from (left to right) Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of the meeting week. Word size

Big Data Part II: Sharing the Challenges and Payoffs of Big Data

September 5, 2012

Part II: Sharing the Challenges and Payoffs of Big DataBy Brian Wee, Chief of External AffairsBig Data is not new to the science world. But to extract

NEON Undertakes its First Natural Disaster Response to Colorado’s High Park Wildfire

August 21, 2012

In the largest study of its kind, NEON will collaborate with Colorado State University to provide airborne remote sensing data to study devastating

Twin Otter arrival at KBDU

New York Now! features NEON's work at Harvard Forest, MA

August 20, 2012

Earlier this month, while most of NEON's science staff was soaking up the science at the Ecological Society of America's Annual Meeting in Portland

Big Data Part I: The "Big" in Ecological Big Data

July 30, 2012

Big Data has already altered the way scientists view, study, and analyze the world, and appears poised to change the fields of ecology and

Creating a digital menagerie

June 29, 2012

NEON technicians will collect and identify countless insect specimens over the lifetime of the observatory. To put it into perspective, during a short

Pinned mosquito collected from a NEON mosquito trap

Learning on the fly

June 19, 2012

By M. JohnsonI got a little nervous as I watched the first group of people disembarking the plane and saw one of my AOP team members carrying two

NEON Breaks Ground

June 18, 2012

NEON broke ground on its first two sites this week, marking the official start of observatory construction. To commemorate this historic moment, NEON

Reflections on remote sensing, ecology and the NEON AOP

June 15, 2012

By Leah WasserA few summers ago, I spent my time in the field hugging trees. While I’ve been called a hippie in the past, this was hardly hippie

Forest at OSBS

Full Airborne Observation Platform Embarks on Inaugural Journey

May 2, 2012

NEON's Airborne Observation Platform (AOP) will depart on its inaugural test flights out of the Grand Junction Regional Airport starting this Sunday

View of a twin otter from the nose in the hanger

Windows into unseen waters

April 24, 2012

By Michael FitzgeraldFor most people, water is just something that comes out of a faucet in their house. We pay little attention to how it gets there

Macrosystems Biology: How to share, manage and cite big data and team science?

April 12, 2012

By Dr. Dave SchimelLast month, I participated in the first Principal Investigator meeting of NSF’s new Macrosystems Biology program. The NSF solicits

Using long-term data sets to trace the impacts of environmental policy

March 28, 2012

By Michael SanClements Just before I became a staff scientist at NEON, I and colleagues from the University of Colorado, Environmental Protection

Stock Photo of strong winds on a farm

Dr. Taylor goes to Washington

February 16, 2012

By Jeff TaylorI stare intently at the Senior Congressional Legislative Assistant seated opposite me. He stares back, his eyes equally intent. I wet my

NEON to Begin Construction on First Three Sites

February 13, 2012

NEON will break ground on three sites starting early Summer 2012: Ordway-Swisher Biological Station in Florida, Harvard Forest in Massachusetts, and

Constructing the NEON user facility to support projects large and small

February 13, 2012

In just under four months, civil construction will begin at the first NEON site. The timing couldn’t be better. Ecosystems are increasingly stressed

Tracking a million trillion trillion unseen lives, with help

December 12, 2011

By Jacob ParnellEven after more than a decade of working with microbes, I still find it amazing that more than 99% of the biodiversity on Earth is

NASA Technology to Buoy NEON Airborne Observations

November 28, 2011

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has completed the first of three high fidelity imaging spectrometers for use on the NEON project, known as the

NEON and LTER: Two complementary networks for ecological research

November 18, 2011

The Long-term Ecological Research Network (LTER) and NEON are highly complementary networks that support ecological research in different ways, but

When ecosystem engineers throw a wrench in your gears

November 10, 2011

Imagine the scene: a sunny spring day on the plains of eastern Colorado, grasses gently swaying in the breeze, and a clear, gurgling stream winding its way across the landscape. Standing on the stream bank, suddenly there’s a loud splash, and you see a huge, dark shape gracefully plunge into the stream in front of you. Your mind irrationally flips through a list of mental images...

Stream site

Eyes in the Field, Boots on the Ground

October 24, 2011

By Sandra HendersonWildflowers, bats, and live music are just some of the pleasant things I associate with Austin, Texas. However, after recently

Taking a hike before I fly

October 13, 2011

By Keith KrauseIt’s hot. Like, 100 degrees F hot. And I’m carrying around this heavy, ultra nerdy backpack (which engineering school definitely

Teaming Up to Scale Up: Laying the Groundwork for a NEON-NASA Collaboration

October 5, 2011

NEON’s Airborne Observation Platform (AOP) team went to unusual heights in late September, taking only ground-based observations in the first of

How is a deer mouse like a grad student?

October 3, 2011

By Kate ThibaultThe majestic, 500-pound lion lazing in the grass awaiting its next meal (provided generously by the females in his pride). The

Wanted: Not Dead, But Alive - And Out Cold

September 22, 2011

Insects come in a variety of shapes and colors that dazzle our eyes. But there’s one insect that you almost always hear before you see it (if you see

How many scientists does it take to make a pizza the size of a continent?

September 15, 2011

Jeff Taylor wrote in his last post:When I originally heard that NEON was going to be the world’s first continental-scale observatory, I was a bit

On Dogs, Fleas, and Continental Scale

August 24, 2011

By Jeff TaylorIt’s been about 3 months since I started working in the Fundamental Instrument Group at NEON and it’s been a mix of exciting new science

Controlling the Fire Hose: Mapping Data's Route From Field to Browser

August 18, 2011

By Sandra ChungIn the East Wing of NEON headquarters, a door marked “Data Center” opens to a chilly, white-walled room. Eight tall cabinets with black

A passion for rats: stepping into the role of NEON Mammal Ecologist

August 8, 2011

By Kate ThibaultI love rats. Not the big, slimy ones that live in the sewers or stow away on ships and then wreak havoc on pristine island ecosystems

Small mammal sampling in Florida

Behind the push for NEON

July 28, 2011

Climate is changing rapidly and rates of climate change may well be more rapid than ecological systems can respond. This year’s 30-year climate

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