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USGS Powell Center Call for Proposals

The USGS Powell Center invites researchers to submit proposals for two-year synthesis projects on any...

11/13/26

EMBARK CyberTraining workshop

The Essential skills to minimize Moving large data By Accessing and Reusing data with software...

11/13/26

Save the Date for the Ecological Forecasting Initiative Conference (2027)

The upcoming 2027 Ecological Forecasting Initiative Conference (EFI2027) will be hosted at Augsburg University in...

11/13/26

Call for Abstracts: 4th ILTER Open Science Meeting (OSM) 2027

Abstract submissions are now open! The 4th International Long-Term Ecological Research (ILTER) Open Science Meeting...

11/12/26

2026 Photo Contest

The 2026 LTER Photo Contest is brought to you by the LTER Graduate Student Committee!...

11/09/26

Global, All-Virtual Ecology Conference

The LTER Network is pleased to join the Ecological Society of America and its global...

11/05/26

Themed Collection on North American Drylands

Announcing new themed collection in Cambridge Prisms-Drylands focused on North American drylands (Collection Link). The...

09/29/26

Young Voices of Science: 2026 applications open

The application period for the Fall 2026 Young Voices of Science Program runs Wednesday, August...

08/11/26

Call for proposals: Global ILTER Activity 2026

The International LTER Network (ILTER) has opened the first-stage call for its first globally coordinated...

08/11/26

Call for Proposals: 4th ILTER Open Science Meeting (OSM) 2027

The 4th ILTER Open Science Meeting (OSM), themed "Unity in Diversity: Celebrating Long-term Resilience Across...

08/11/26

News Stories

An oceanographic glider being deployed into the sea from the ship

Credit: Sarah Belcher

Lessons Learned from Spending a Month at Sea

Short Stories About Long Term Research

A common misconception is that an oceanographer’s field days exclusively involve diving in brightly colored coral reefs in...

08/28/26

Credit: Mark Schulze, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Studying post-fire Snowpack at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest

Short Stories About Long Term Research

As wildfires continue to reshape forested landscapes across the western United States, understanding their impact on snowpack and...

06/17/26

LTER colors with graphic of multimple location markers overlayed.

2026 Site Exchanges Announced

Announcement,Short Stories About Long Term Research

Site exchanges are designed to facilitate between-site comparisons and support the development of cross-site projects. The 2026 awardees...

06/16/26

caddisfly larvae, encased in a home of tiny pebbles.

The caddisfly stole my heart

Education

Caroline McCoy's two-years as an ARETS Fellow impacted and expanded her approach to teaching science profoundly. I was...

06/03/26

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

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