Because society will benefit from “ecosystem forecasts” that work like today’s weather reports, the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is leading continent-spanning research to detect, understand, and forecast the consequences of climate change, land use change, and invasive species on our ecosystems and their services. The SIGEO forest network is creating an innovative global research platform to measure ecosystem and climate change and carbon sequestration. By coordinating Earth observations with experimental field data, the Initiative on Biodiversity and Human Health, another new GEOSS program, will investigate links between emerging diseases and changes in biodiversity. Earth scientists, epidemiologists, economists, and social scientists will integrate Earth science with shared knowledge of human behavior, ecology, and disease transmission, opening a path to understanding the value of biodiversity in reducing disease.
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Ecology