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| CLEANER and NSF's Environmental Observatories: (Print This) |
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| Degradation of the nation's water resources threatens human health and the functioning of natural ecosystems. To understand the causes of these adverse impacts and how they might be mitigated, especially in urban and human-stressed aquatic systems, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has proposed the establishment of a Collaborative Large-Scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental Research (CLEANER). This program would provide a platform for the near-real-time and conventional collection and analysis of data; improve understanding and predictions of processes that control large-scale environmental and hydrologic systems; explain human-induced impacts on the environment; and identify adaptive management approaches that could mitigate the adverse impacts of human activities on water and land resources. At NSF's request, the National Academies undertook a review of the proposed program. This report concludes that an environmental observation network could transform the environmental engineering profession and enhance its contributions to society and recommends that NSF proceed with planning, implementation, and intra- and interagency coordination activities for the program. |  |
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