Earth's Health

     The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is setting up monitor stations that will take snapshot of different locations throughout the country in order to measure the health of different ecosystems.  By doing this scientists will be able to better monitor how different factors influence the ecosystems and how they are doing so.  They believe that by doing this they will be able to understand more about global warming and it's affects on different areas with the least amount of natural interference as possible.
     By 2017 the network is set to be fully operational and provide research information for up to thirty years. There will be recording stations at 106 different sites, 60 on lands and 46 at sea, each equipped with various sensors.

Source:  How's Earth's Health?

Main, Douglas. " Network Will Track Ecosystem Health | LiveScience ."Science News – Science Articles and Current Events | LiveScience . OurAmazingPlanet, 22 Apr. 2013. Web. 30 Apr. 2013. <http://www.livescience.com/28933-national-ecology-network.html>.