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Summer Network-wide Postcard Exchange

Who doesn't like getting postcards? Sign up to exchange postcards with someone at another LTER...

05/20/26

ILTER Webinar: Resolving and scaling litter decomposition controls from leaf to landscape

This webinar will introduce the NSF-funded Decomposition Across Dtylands (DeAD)project, which combines field experiments, long-term...

05/06/26

Invisible Impacts Symposium

The Invisible Impacts Symposium is a two-day virtual symposium exploring how social and ecological perspectives can...

05/06/26

Help shape the ILTER Open Science Conference!

All are welcome to contribute ideas and/or participate in the ILTER Spring 2026 Coordinating Committee...

04/10/26

McMurdo and Konza featured in PBS Series

LIFE UNEARTHED with Ariel Waldman is a visually striking science-driven docu-series that reveals Earth’s ecosystems through...

05/06/26

Natural Areas Conference Call for Proposals

The 2026 Natural Areas Conference: Where Science Meets Stewardship is scheduled for October 5 - 8,...

03/13/26

Request for Synthesis Proposals 2026

The data produced at LTER sites inform many important challenges. Among-site comparisons help to understand...

03/25/26

2026 Synthesis Skills Course Opens

In 2026, LTER launches a rescoped version of the synthesis skills course (SSECR) that we...

02/26/26

Site Exchanges 2026

To facilitate site comparison and support the development of cross-site projects, the LNO is making...

02/26/26

LTER Community Call: Site Exchanges

Each year, the LTER Network Office offers opportunities for researchers, students, or staff to propose...

02/26/26

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May 2026

LTER Network Book Club: Trail Work

LTER Network Book Club: Trail Work

May 27, 2026    
3:30 pm (Pacific Time)
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June 2026

LTER Community Call: Evaluating Ecological Efficacy

LTER Community Call: Evaluating Ecological Efficacy

June 10, 2026    
9:00 am-10:00 am (Pacific Time)
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July 2026

Network Onboarding 2026

Network Onboarding 2026

July 8, 2026    
9:00 am-10:00 am (Pacific Time)
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News Stories

What would my project be?

ARET,Education

A Minnesota teacher learns about ecological phenomena in the Arctic and connects them to her students -- igniting...

05/20/26

Lessons from Long-Term Data: An ARETs Experience at the H.J. Andrews LTER

ARET,Education

now design lessons where students analyze real datasets, compare short-term and long-term trends, and consider how disruptions—such as...

05/06/26

woman, with a t-handled probe in both hands.

Clotheslines, Hair Ties, and Tape Measures: Low Tech Tools for the Win

ARET,Education

“Science and data collection doesn’t always have to have flashy gizmos and light speed computers... Methodology, consistency, simple...

04/22/26

Credit: Leonardo Rivera Pagan

Voices of the Forest: Frog Bio-acoustics in the LUQ-LTER

Short Stories About Long Term Research

Sometimes, the best way to understand an ecosystem is simply to stop and listen.

04/20/26

two hands holding a sea urchin

What have sea urchins got to do with climate change?

ARET,Education

Students engaged in a productive struggle to come to terms with what data needed to be graphed before...

04/08/26

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