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Nature 451, 244 (17 January 2008) | doi:10.1038/451244c; Published online 16 January 2008

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Glacier programme shows the value of 'ground truth'

Mauri Pelto1

  1. North Cascade Glacier Climate Project, Nichols College, Dudley, Massachusetts 01571, USA

On-the-ground monitoring is undervalued, as Euan Nisbet points out in his Commentary 'Cinderella science' (Nature 450, 789–790; 2007). Long-term monitoring data provide the critical foundation we need in order to develop an understanding of the processes at work.

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