Monitoring Planet Earth's 'Heartbeat'

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LiveScience for LiveScience 2013-10-01 06:00:18 UTC

The National Ecological Observatory is a network of more than 100 sensors located across the country that will give scientists an 'EKG' for planet Earth, a crucial tool for monitoring environmental health in a changing global climate.

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