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Who needs environmental monitoring?

We monitor the stock market, the weather, our blood pressure. Yet environmental monitoring is often criticized as being unscientific, expensive, and wasteful. Scientists argue that environmental monitoring is a crucial part of science in the review, "Who needs environmental monitoring?" Gary Lovett, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, and colleagues from several universities and US government offices contributed to the review.

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