"Remote, real-time climate monitoring network."

气候变化正在以有害于人类和生物多样性的方式改变环境。尽管有这一压倒性的证据，但仍存在许多重大的知识缺陷。一个特别的问题是，如何将气候数据的时间和空间尺度与侧重于了解气候变化如何改变生物的物候、生物承受环境压力的能力、生物群落的结构、生态系统进程以及与范围界限扩大有关的基本因素的研究问题相匹配。在这里，我们建议在女王大学生物站建立一个由八个气候站组成的网络，该网络将在一个单一的景观中收集一系列气候和微环境数据（空气，土壤和水），涵盖约1000平方公里。25平方公里。焦点湖< 2 hectares to >的表面积为750公顷，深度为6米至30米以上。这些数据将被实时记录，并通过卫星传输，供任何参与研究人员存储和访问（qubsdata.org）。来自6所大学和3个省的10名研究人员以及40多名研究学员将使用气候数据来解决与生物对气候变化的反应有关的一系列研究问题。所有气候数据将免费提供给全世界所有研究人员，并免费促进其他研究。

Climate change is irrevocably altering the environment in ways detrimental to both humans and biodiversity. Despite this overwhelming evidence many significant knowledge deficits exist. One particular issue is that of matching the temporal and spatial scale of climate data to research questions focused on understanding how climate change might alter phenology of organisms, their ability to withstand environmental stress, the structure of biotic communities, ecosystem processes, and underlying factors implicated in expansion of range limits. Here we propose to create a network of eight climate stations at the Queen's University Biological Station that will collect an array of climate and micro-environmental data (air, soil, and water) within a single landscape encompassing approx. 25 square kilometers. Focal lakes will vary from < 2 hectares to > 750 hectares in surface area, and from depths of 6 to > 30 metres. These data will be recorded in real-time and transmitted via satellite for storage and access by any of the participating researchers (http://qubsdata.org). Climatic data will be used by 10 researchers from 6 universities and 3 provinces and over 40 research trainees to address a range of research questions related to biotic responses to climate change. All climate data will be freely available to all researchers worldwide and free of charge to foster other research.