NEON

NEON Welcomes First Observatory Director

Scott Ollinger will join NEON, Inc. in August as its first Observatory Director.

It's Bloom Time

Time to participate in springtime citizen science activities!

Construction Progress at NEON

April 2013 update

NEON goes north

Characterizing a NEON site north of the Arctic circle. It's a chilly job, but someone has to do it.

Your microbiome is showing

What if you could diagnose ecosystem health problems with a simple test? Microbes might be the key.

Updates

Seeking Participants for NEON Collections Technical Working Group

NEON is seeking members of the scientific community interested in and experienced in the area of scientific research collections to serve on the Collections Technical Working Group...

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Staff Spotlight: John Musinsky

Meet John Musinsky, AOP Staff Scientist

John Musinsky knows what good data can do for the world. In fact, he’s built his career on converting scientific information into a call to action. In his two decades at the biodiversity conservation nonprofit Conservation International, he helped create online alert systems that used satellite data to flag fires and deforestation in developing countries in near real-time. Now, Musinsky works with a large team of NEON engineers and scientists to design flight campaigns for the Airborne Observation Platform. “What gets me going every morning is how we can take all this and make a case for better environmental stewardship,” he says.

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The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is a continental-scale observatory designed to gather and provide 30 years of ecological data on the impacts of climate change, land use change and invasive species on natural resources and biodiversity. NEON is a project of the National Science Foundation, with many other U.S. agencies and NGOs cooperating.

All NEON data and information products will be freely available via the Web. NEON’s open-access approach to its data and information products will enable scientists, educators, planners, decision makers and the public to map, understand and predict the effects of human activities on ecology and effectively address critical ecological questions and issues.

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NEON: A Community-Driven Resource

The NEON concept was born in the ecological community and the design honed by thousands of dedicated people participating in workshops and reviews. Read more about the community working to bring NEON to fruition.