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Abstract
In his book, Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit, thenSenator Al Gore outlined his concept for an international partnership between scientists and students who would monitor and study earth systems, with students acting as a worldwide system of “sensors, ” collecting data on the condition of their local environments and sharing and discussing their data through the Internet . Three year s later , the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program was established to bring Gore’s vision to fruition[…]
