Rural Alabama Spot a Candidate Site for Observatory Network to Detect Climate Change Impacts

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Have ya'll heard anything about this coming to Alabama?
I sure haven't.

National Ecological Observatory Network
http://www.neoninc.org/

Article

http://uanews.ua.edu/anews2008/jun08/climatechange061208.htm

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A remote spot within the Talladega National Forest could serve as one of 20 locations nationally that will detect the ecological impacts of climate change.
Each site, instrumented with sophisticated sensors, is part of a first-of-its-kind observatory network designed to measure changes in climate, land use, invasive species and infectious diseases at the continental scale.
Science staff from the National Ecological Observatory Network, known as NEON, recently confirmed 20 sites as Candidate Core Sites, including a site that spans portions of both Bibb and Hale Counties, for the proposed network.

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Data from the network will support collaborative research, a variety of educational initiatives, environmental decision-making, modeling and visualization of data, and enhanced ecological forecasting capabilities.
The sites were chosen because they best represent the ecoclimatic characteristics of their respective domains, according to NEON’s recent news release announcing the sites’ confirmation. Sixteen candidate sites are located in the continental U.S., Alaska hosts two, and Hawaii and Puerto Rico each have one.

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1. that's the first I've heard of it

Interesting to hear.

(Eat cornbread. Raise hell. :rofl: )