NEON in the News
2024
- Virginia Tech News, Nov 11, 2024
Scientists suggest amping up efforts to mitigate effects of climate change - Battelle, Nov 7, 2024
National Ecological Observatory Network’s Paula Mabee Joins Scientific Experts on G7 Italia Large Research Infrastructure Panel Discussion - UMaine News, Nov 1, 2024
Record named executive director of UMS TRANSFORMS Student Success and Retention Initiatives - Wisconsin Ag Connection, Oct 29, 2024
Invasive plants transform US soil ecosystems - Farms.com, Oct 29, 2024
Uniform soil microbes due to invasive plants - Rice University, Oct 28, 2024
New study finds invasive plants drive homogenization of soil microbial communities across U.S. - University of Louisiana Monroe, Oct 25, 2024
ULM Honors Program students complete summer internships - BizWest, Oct 22, 2024
CU, CSU researchers among CO-WY Engine funding recipients - GlobeNewswire, Oct 22, 2024
Governors of Colorado and Wyoming Announce $3M in Funding for Climate Resilience Projects through the NSF-funded Colorado-Wyoming Climate Resilience Engine - The Bradford Era, Sep 8, 2024
Grant to fund team studying environmental DNA fate in streams - UNC Research, Sep 4, 2024
Environmental researchers produce a stream of data - The Daily Review, Aug 30, 2024
$1.95M NSF grant to fund novel study of environmental DNA fate in streams - America Adapts, Aug 26, 2024
The Science Behind Climate Adaptation with Battelle - AgriBusiness Global, Aug 7, 2024
Biome Makers Appoints Dr. Parnell as the Director of Agronomy - Spectrum News, Aug 6, 2024
UH researchers look to preserve species on the moon - The Debrief, Aug 6, 2024
Biorepository on the Moon Could Preserve Genetic Material From Endangered Species, Researchers Say - Kauai Now, Aug 6, 2024
Storing all of Earth’s beastly bunch in the frozen shadows of our lunar companion - ZME Science, Aug 2, 2024
Inside the Plan to Freeze and Store Cells From Endangered Species on the Moon As a Lifeboat Against Extinction - Science Daily, July 16, 2024
Scientists use machine learning to predict diversity of tree species in forests - Denverite, June 25, 2024
This mosquito nerd’s work is one reason you don’t get bit even more all summer long - U.S. National Science Foundation, May 28, 2024
Climate change will make it harder to see the forest for the trees - UNC Greensboro, May 22, 2024
UNCG biology students delve into a new online world of data - Ag Daily, May 21, 2024
Study: Plant diversity leads to greater forage production, stability - Science Magazine, May 8, 2024
New U.S. AI network aims to make supercomputers available to more researchers - NASA Earth Observatory; Notes from the Field, May 6, 2024
Springtime in the Deciduous Forest - Moab Sun News, May 2, 2024
Science on Screen pleases movie fans and research nerds - NPR-Milwaukee, May 1, 2024
UWM scientist calls shrubs ‘small but mighty’ contributors to climate mitigation - CBS, April 22, 2024
Endangered species are dying out on Earth. Could they be saved in outer space? - Mirage, April 18, 2024
HKU Ecologists Use Space Tech for Innovative Ecosystem Monitoring - THE NEWSTACK, April 17, 2024
Grafana 11: No Need to Create PromQL Queries for Prometheus - University of Arizona News, April 1, 2024
Research leaders meet to discuss the future of drone data management - University of Wyoming News, March 29, 2024
UW’s Yang Wins NASA Grant to Study Land Use and Fire in Western US Forests - Gunnison Country Times, March 27, 2024
Hyper-spectral images to shed light on the future of Gunnison’s forests - Crested Butte News, March 13, 2024
Congress makes $2M+ investment in local projects - TRUE NORTH, March 1, 2024
UNC Collaborates on Regional NSF-Funded Initiative on Climate Resilience - Alabama Water Institute, February 27, 2024
New Initiative to Boost Ecological Education, Conservation in Southeastern US - Agri-view, February 25, 2024
Tree canopies help forests recover - Eos, February 8, 2024
Trustworthy Satellite Earth Observations for Science and Society - Earth.com, February 7, 2024
Complex canopies help forests recover from disturbances - BNN Breaking, February 6, 2024
Study Unveils Forest Canopy Complexity as Key to Ecosystem Resilience - Purdue University News, February 6, 2024
Complex tree canopies help forests recover from moderate disturbances - CU Denver News, January 29, 2024
CU Denver Part of New Regional Innovation Engine Focused on Environmental and Climate Change Technology - CO-WY Engine, January 29, 2024
Colorado—Wyoming Climate Resilience Engine wins inaugural NSF Regional Innovation Engines award with potential to receive up to $160M over 10 years - Environmental News Bits, January 3, 2024
National Ecological Observatory Network
2023
- UWA News, December 18, 2023
For one UWA couple, there really is something about this place - EOS, December 14, 2023
Ecosystem Observations from Every Angle - Virginia Tech News, December 6, 2023
Virginia Tech Global Distinction elevates institutional impact - University of Wyoming News, November 13, 2023
UW’s Stable Isotope Facility Receives Contract to Analyze the Nation’s Soils - Intel, October 25, 2023
Massive Image Dataset Blending Using SYCL with Intel® Max Series GPU - ASU News, September 29, 2023
NSF, ASU continue partnership to house national biorepository - GovConWire, September 25, 2023
Battelle Books $416M NSF Award for Continued NEON Operations Support; Lou Von Thaer Quoted - Battelle, September 22, 2023
Battelle awarded $416 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation to operate the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) - National Science Foundation, September 22, 2023
NSF Awards Battelle Cooperative Agreement to Continue Managing NEON - University of Notre Dame Stories, September 12, 2023
A Picture of Drought - NASA Earth Observatory, September 12, 2023
Boreal Summer - Boulder Daily Camera, September 1, 2023
Nicholas Koukoutsakis: Flying: A pilot’s journey at Boulder airport - MSU News, August 25, 2023
MSU researchers lead national collaboration with $1.6 million NSF grant to study plant access to nitrogen in shifting environments - Berkeley News, August 25, 2023
For new student, community work is about addressing each generation's needs - Earth.com, August 19, 2023
Can soil microbes survive climate change? - Alaska Beacon, July 15, 2023
For visiting U.S. House members, Denali is a showcase of globally significant climate change - KINY, June 30, 2023
Delta Junction air quality monitoring site comes online in new national network - Bozeman Daily Chronicle, June 17, 2023
Delayed science: How flooding affected research in Yellowstone National Park - Utah State Today, June 16, 2023
Broadening Horizons: USU Blanding Scholars Explore Range of Academic, Research Pursuits - Current Science Daily, June 11, 2023
Satellite Monitoring of Biodiversity Moves Within Reach - Axios Science, June 4, 2023
The diversity of bacteria on Earth may be vastly underestimated - Furman News, May 12, 2023
Phenomenal phenocam: Capturing effects of climate change - Oak Ridge Today, April 28, 2023
Ernie’s Creek cleanup is Saturday - Penn State News, March 23, 2023
Habitat will dictate whether ground beetles win or lose against climate change - ASU News, March 22, 2023
A range of discovery: 120 years on the Santa Rita Experimental Range - NASA, March 7, 2023
NASA To Measure Forest Health from Above - Oregon Public Broadcasting, March 4, 2023
Soil moisture key to capturing carbon, study finds - Farm Progress, February 21, 2023
Moisture the key to carbon in soils - Nature World News, February 13, 2023
Moisture Is an Important Regulator and Sequestrant of Soil Carbon Stocks - Oregon State University News, February 13, 2023
Moisture the key to soils’ ability to sequester carbon, Oregon State research shows - Environmental News Network, February 9, 2023
Unearthing the Impact of Moisture on Soil Carbon Processes - MSU Today, January 17, 2023
Data-driven bird conservation project takes wing
2022
- Fronteras, December 15, 2022
Mistletoe isn't limited to snowy landscapes — Arizona has some of its own - University of Wisconsin-Madison, December 12, 2022
NSF climate change project measures the signals in the soil - ExecutiveBiz, November 17, 2022
Google Public Sector, Battelle NEON Seek to Advance Ecological Research With Cloud, Computing Tools - The Scientist, November 3, 2022
As Carbon Dioxide Goes Up, Plants’ Nutrient Content Declines - The University of Utah, October 26, 2022
Sage sensors monitor environment, support ‘edge AI’ - UMaine News, October 6, 2022
Olsen to study effects of mineral weathering on tropical forest productivity - NASA Earth Observatory, Notes From The Field, August 31, 2022
Return to Utqiagvik - Down To Earth, August 24, 2022
Nitrogen-fixing plants are more diverse in arid environments; but will they survive climate change? - Florida Museum, August 23, 2022
Plants that pull nitrogen from thin air thrive in arid environments - CU Earth Lab, August 4, 2022
Sensors and Sunlight: How We Can Identify Plant Species From Space - University of Alaska Fairbanks, August 2, 2022
Toolik Field Station receives another five years’ funding - Newswise, July 26, 2022
New Sensing Platform Deployed at Controlled Burn Site, Could Help Prevent Forest Fires - NASA Earth Observatory, July 14, 2022
Spring Greening in the Arctic Tundra - National Science Foundation, July 11, 2022
New NSF center will advance, broaden and catalyze environmental data science - CU Boulder Today, June 14, 2022
Classroom in the sky: CU’s 10,000-foot Mountain Research Station turns 100 - Cosmos Magazine, May 20, 2022
Can we monitor plant biodiversity from space? - Thinking Port, May 19, 2022
Satellite monitoring of biodiversity moves within reach - University of Zurich, May 19, 2022 - press release
Satellite monitoring of biodiversity moves within reach - AZO Cleantech, May 11, 2022
Microbial Responses to Climate Change in Three Major Ecosystems - Pest Management Professional, April 21, 2022
2 new species of beetles identified in Hawaii - The Delaware Gazette, April 21, 2022
Ohio Wesleyan professor earns teaching award - Global Plant Protection News, April 13, 2022
Hawai'i: Two new carabids identified - Science Friday, March 25, 2022
Why Climate Change May Bring More West Nile Virus To The U.S. - Grand Forks Herald, January 10, 2022
Century-old ranchland study yields new data on climate change, evolution of North Dakota's native prairie - Virginia Tech, January 7, 2022
Fewer ticks, cleaner water, and more carbon intake: Fellowship recipient Quinn Thomas plans to use data to predict our environment
2021
- Sierra Resource Conservation District, December 20, 2021
Hidden Gem: San Joaquin Experimental Range In Collaboration With NEON - Woodwell Climate Research Center, December 7, 2021
Introducing the Open Soil Spectral Library - FOX47, November 29, 2021
Trees absorb carbon dioxide. An MSU professor wants to find out which trees absorb the most - Science Magazine, November 18, 2021
Getting the big picture of biodiversity: Satellites and other remote sensing tools offer new ways to study ecosystems—and maybe even save them - Emory News Center, November 9, 2021
Research roundup: Recent grants and publications for Emory faculty and staff - The Lantern, October 27, 2021
Ohio State receives $15 million NSF grant for imageomics institute - The Fence Post, October 22, 2021
Husker ecologists forge international network focused on ag, climate resilience - The State Press, October 20, 2021
Popularizing Biophilia - ASU News, October 12, 2021
A deep dive through time to study changing ecosystems - Tulane News, October 11, 2021
Tulane professor part of $15 million institute to establish field of imageomics - Florida Museum, August 16, 2021
Cities are making mammals bigger - National Geographic, August 12, 2021
Does Smokey Bear need a makeover to prevent more wildfires? - University of Notre Dame, July 26, 2021
Researchers across the US will support NSF Major Facilities in their data lifecycle management efforts through new NSF-funded center of excellence - The Gardner News, June 29, 2021
These local students engaged in their own scientific method - Eos - Science News by AGU, June 28, 2021
NEON Lights a Path for Sustained Ecological Observations - UCF Today, June 16, 2021
From Pet Store Employee to International Conservation Biology Research Pioneer - Forbes, May 25, 2021
This Scientist Is Determined To Get Women Juiced About STEM Careers - UC Santa Cruz Newscenter, May 19, 2021
Missing in the middle: the importance of regional-scale field research - The Brink, May 5, 2021
Why Scientists Want to Solve an Underground Mystery about Where Microbes Live - Newsbreak, April 22, 2021
This South Dakota Scientist Is Devoted To Making STEM Cool, Especially For Women And Girls - The Washington Post, April 20, 2021
Along the Chesapeake Bay, Smithsonian scientists research at a vast outdoor laboratory - GreenBiz, March 31, 2021
Citizen scientists are filling research gaps created by the pandemic - Forbes, March 24, 2021
Boulder, Colorado Has A Lot Of Weather And Climate Experts - Here’s Why - Microbioz India, March 17, 2021
Hyperspectral Sensor for High-Resolution Chlorophyll Fluorescence Measurements - Rensselaer News, March 16, 2021 - press release
Are Lakes Emitting More Carbon Dioxide in a Warming World? - The Daily Times, February 20, 2021
Scientist share research from Great Smoky Mountains National Park online March 4 - Nebraska Today, February 18, 2021
Husker team leading $6M project to study waterways’ changing ecology - The Conversation, February 3, 2021
Citizen scientists are filling research gaps created by the pandemic - NASA Earth Observatory, February 3, 2021
Snowmelt Timing Near the Great Salt Lake
2020
- Photonics Media, December 30, 2020
Grants Support RIT Imaging Scientists in Waveform Lidar, Remote Sensing Projects - Virginia Tech Daily, December 1, 2020 - press release
Confronting ecological change takes a collaborative leap with the NEON Ecological Forecasting Challenge - The Sun Gazette, November 25, 2020
Garden ‘Makes A Difference’ in community - Phone World, November 25, 2020
What is Lidar & its Applications? How does it work? - University of Arizona News, November 20, 2020
Hotter and Drier With a Chance of Extinction: Forecasting Biodiversity With Big Data - University of Minnesota Cloquet Forestry Center, November 3, 2020
The highs and lows of cone production in white spruce - UMass Amherst News and Media Relations, October 27, 2020 - press release
UMass Amherst's Blanchard Lab Leads National Soil Microbiome Investigation - The State Press, October 26, 2020
Renovations made at ASU's Alameda building will help house biocollections - Bloomberg, October 13, 2020
NASA to Fund Study of Tree Canopy Impact on Remote Sensing Measurements - Baylor University, September 24, 2020 - press release
New Way of Analyzing Soil Organic Matter Will Help Predict Climate Change, Baylor University Researcher Says - The Roanoke Star, September 21, 2020
Roanoke Drinking Water Ensured By Experts Who Forecast Health of Lakes and Reservoirs - The Conversation, September 18, 2020
Humans ignite almost every wildfire that threatens homes - The Ada News, September 8, 2020
Oka' announces full program for 2020 virtual conference - University of Michigan News, September 3, 2020
U of M awarded $12.5 million to create new institute to further understanding of the impact of biodiversity change on Earth - Digital Trends, September 1, 2020
Uncovering nature's biggest secrets with a $460M, continent-scale observatory - EurekAlert, August 27, 2020 - press release
CSU's Kyle Horton leads $1 million NSF project to study migratory birds and bats - NAU News, August 27, 2020 - press release
NAU awarded $1.5 million grant to examine how natural systems might adapt to increasing temperatures and invasive species - Advancing Science, August 11, 2020
Ohio Wesleyan Awarded National Science Foundation Grant to Create Teaching Tools - Powell Tribune, July 30, 2020
Chasing microfauna: Scientists and volunteers study Yellowstone insects and plants, looking for clues of climate change
2019
- Science, August 29, 2019
NSF’s huge ecological observatory is open for business. But tensions remain
- 2KTUU, August 27, 2019
Science has good and bad news for the future of wildfires
- ScienceDaily, August 12, 2019
Forecasting for climate change, land-use, and invasive species -- NSF grant -
9news.com, June 27, 2019
Detailed maps of wildfires may lead to better understanding of fire behavior -
Daily Camera, June 1, 2019
Monitoring changing world at CU Boulder’s Mountain Research Station -
DePaul University Newsline, April 25, 2019
Bala Chaudhary receives NSF CAREER grant to study dispersal of mycorrhizal fungi -
ASU Now, April 2, 2019
Volunteers explore passions at rapidly growing ASU Natural History Collections facility -
The Hill, March 29, 2019
America's 2019 harvest is already in trouble -
Biobanking.com, March 28, 2019
NEON Biorepository Helped Reveal The Role Of Deep Soil In Carbon Storage -
Biospace, March 5, 2019
Data from National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Helps Unlock the Role of Deep Soil in Carbon -
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, March 1, 2019
NEON scientist: a new career choice in ecology
2018
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Down to Earth, November 29, 2018
‘Agriculture and consumer choices are driving disastrous climate change’ -
Down to Earth, November 28, 2018
Six feet under: A quarter of Earth's carbon may be buried beneath surface, finds study -
The Conway Daily Sun, October 22, 2018
Shaheen tours data site at Bartlett Experimental Forest -
Michigan State University - AgBioResearch News, Sept 12, 2018
Big data scientists are more effective when they work together and share data -
KTVZ.com, August 30, 2018
OSU, Utah to estimate U.S. plant transpiration -
KATC.com, August 30, 2018
UL researcher wants to know what happens to waterways with no water -
Phys.org, August 29, 2018
Peat expansion in the Arctic tundra could play a role in cooling a warming planet -
Yale News, August 29, 2018
Carla Staver wins $1 million grant for global wildfire modeling research -
GovTech.com, August 24, 2018
Lidar Data Is Becoming an Increasingly Valuable Tool for Cities -
National Science Foundation, News Release, August 29, 2018
NSF funds new projects to ‘connect dots’ (and data) to address longstanding, multi-scaled environmental problems -
ASUNow, August 22, 2018
ASU receives multimillion grant from NSF to create a national biorepository -
MassLive, June 13, 2018
UMass Medical Zoology lab adds mosquitoes to testing repertoire -
Denver Business Journal, June 4, 2018
International Science Group Looks to National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) as Example of What’s Working in Global Research Infrastructure -
Geospatial World, May 31, 2018
Did you know which are the sources for free LiDAR data? -
AppalachianToday, April 30, 2018
Macrosystems Biology, Early NEON Science grant supports biodiversity mapping in eastern US -
Utah Public Radio (UPR), April 3, 2018
Local Efforts to Improve Public Ecological Observatory Network -
Science, February 16, 2018
Massive U.S. ecological observatory gets new director -
Daily Camera, February 8, 2018
Sharon Collinge, CU professor, given leadership role at National Ecological Observatory Network -
Smithsonian Magazine (online), January 31, 2018
Can scientists forecast algal blooms and pest outbreaks like we do the weather?
2017
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National Science Foundation, News Release, August 10, 2017
10 new awards support ecological research at regional to continental scales -
Bismark Tribune, July 27, 2017
Public climate data projects offers measurements online -
Explore Big Sky newspaper, July 9, 2017
National ecology project proposed in Yellowstone -
Island Conservation, July 6, 2017
Long-term climate research to take place in Hawai'i' -
Green Valley News, May 2017
Ecological study about to launch at experimental range
2016
- DataONE News, Fall 2016
Member Node Description, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) - National Science Foundation, News Release, September 22, 2016
NSF awards $15.9 million to foster new understanding of biological systems on regional to continental scales - Nature, January 21, 2016
Ecology Aims High
2015
- Smithsonian Zoogoer Magazine, Global Game Changer, Autumn 2015
2013
- Smithsonian Magazine, August 2013
A Scientific Laboratory 170 Feet High in the Sky - Engineering News-Record, August 21, 2013
Reaching Zero: The Realities of Ecologically-friendly Engineering on a Continental Scale - Yahoo! News / Live Science, April 22, 2013
How's Earth's Health? New Network to Keep Tabs - Deseret News, April 18, 2013
National ecology study described as cutting edge, groundbreaking
2012
- CNN Online, November 29, 2012
Mapping a Forest Fire in Infinitesimal Detail - New York Times Dot Earth, November 23, 2012
Creating a Vital Long View for Gauging Environmental Change - Rocky Mountain Collegian, September 4, 2012
Warner sees High Park Fire area in NEON vision - Fort Collins Coloradoan, September 4, 2012
High Park Fire still impacting water, economy - The Nashua Telegraph, September 4, 2012
NH site key part of forest project - Bloomberg CityLab, August 31, 2012
A Continental Network to Monitor How We're Trashing the Environment - Seattle Public Radio: The Conversation, August 27, 2012
A 30–Year Plan To Study America's Ecology Interview starts at 6:20 - The Economist, August 25, 2012
NEON light: A 30-year plan to study America’s ecology is about to begin - Denver Post, August 22, 2012
CSU to take a 3-D look at cause and restoration of High Park Fire - Boulder Daily Camera, August 22, 2012
Boulder's NEON using airborne instruments to map High Park burn zone - Aspen Public Radio, August 22, 2012
New maps of High Park Fire could help with mitigation - PBS' Innovation Trail (New York Now) reports on NEON remote sensing
and RIT ground validation activities at Harvard Forest, MA, August 20, 2012 - BioScience, August 8, 2012
NEON Breaks Ground - Aspen Public Radio, July 31, 2012
Observatory will track climate change