Editor's Summary
14 July 2005
Aiming high
GEOSS, the Global Earth Observation System of Systems, is an ambitious 10-year plan to "take the pulse of the planet" using a global network of remote-sensing satellites. Is it too ambitious to succeed?
News Feature: Earth observing: Something to watch over us
An ambitious international project to unite the planet's Earth-observing systems is under way. But getting everyone on board is no easy task, says Naomi Lubick.
doi: 10.1038/436168a