NEON and the Earth System Grid

Information on the Earth System Grid is featured (for a few weeks) on the NEON project's web site, along with the latest NEON planning documents. (NEON=National Ecological Observatory Network, major US initiative to collect unprecedented amounts of ecological data, assuming budget is ever allocated.)

Arguably even more cool than ESG is the plan to enlist hikers to collect ecological data along the Appalachian Trail, also featured on the NEON web site (-;