Impact

Explore how NEON impacts ecological research and education.

LENO tower from bottom looking toward top of forest canopy

Diving Into the Future of Freshwater Forecasting

Can water quality be forecast just like the weather? For Dr. Quinn Thomas, that is the ultimate goal. He and fellow researchers tested a model for forecasting lake temperatures at six NEON lake sites. Their results were recently published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. Thomas is also the Principal Investigator for the EFI-RCN NEON Forecasting Challenge, which seeks to create a community of ecological forecasters using NEON data to test forecasting models.

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A buoy on the CRAM lake site in the fall

AGU-TEX Project Update: Preserving the Oak Ridge Barrens

A unique and endangered ecosystem is nestled in the midst of the city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Oak Ridge Barrens (The Barrens) is home to some of the few remaining pockets of natural prairie left in the state. Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning (TCWP) wanted to perform a scientific inventory of the species composition in the cedar barrens. Margaret Cumberland, ecologist at NEON's Appalachians and Cumberland Plateau Domain (D07), facilitated an AGU-TEX community project to make this happen.

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Margaret Cumberland in the field

Digging Deeper into Carbon and Fungi in Eastern Forests

A recent paper in the Journal of Ecology explores correlations between tree species composition, fungal communities, and the relative abundance of different types of carbon in soil at seven NEON eastern forested field sites. Understanding these complex relationships could help researchers build better models of the carbon cycle in forested terrestrial ecosystems.

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fungi on the forest floor

Observatory Blog

Like to hear what the NEON community is working on? We publish about one new blog post per week.

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Publications

Scientists and educators have published many professional papers using NEON data and resources. Check out our bibliography.

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Newsroom

Check out our newsroom where you can subscribe to periodic newsletters, find where we've been in the news, and more.

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Share your research story!

Have you used NEON data, samples, or infrastructure? Please contact us about your research and we'd be happy to write a blog article featuring your work as well as add your papers to our publications list.

Martha Creek in the Fall