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Nature 444, 420-421 (23 November 2006) | doi:10.1038/444420a; Published online 22 November 2006
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Ecology: Spying on nature
Michael Hopkin1
- Michael Hopkin writes for Nature from London.
Abstract
The biggest project in the history of ecology is nearing its dawn. Can its organizers pull off the seemingly impossible and unite a disparate field behind its vision to observe the ecosystems of the United States? Michael Hopkin reports.
They call it the Hubble telescope of ecology. Like astronomy's best-known space telescope, the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is planned to be big, expensive and able to see most of its universe.
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