In This Issue: A User’s Guide to the 2009 LTER All Scientists Meeting; LNO renewal nearly complete; How the Arctic LTER helped me prepare to be a mom; LTER Network embarks on Strategic Communication planning; Final NEON Observatory Design released; Science and Policy: Washington, D.C., in the Obama era; NSF announces ULTRA-Ex; Cedar Creek holds first Citizen Science Field Day; Andrews LTER partners ONRE; Warmer climate causing increase in tree mortality; Luquillo LTER studying recent environmental changes; Reinvigorating the LTER Climate Committee; Harvard Forest hosts workshop with an eye to the future; Culturally relevant ecology; Graduate students take stock of year’s activities; SEEDS holds 4th Annual Leadership Meeting at Sevilleta; Online course to teach science of Climate Change; Tracking wind in the McMurdo Dry Valleys; Measuring history…but which history?; Virtual Water Cooler keeps LTER Information Managers in the loop; Recommendations for LTER remote sensing data and coordination efforts; New tools for MODIS data; EcoTrends project update; Establishing hurricane network in the Greater Carribbean Region; ILTER meeting fosters collaboration between Northern Patagonia and northwestern United States.
Top Stories
Love writing about science? Now accepting applications for our 2024 LTER Graduate Writing Fellows program!
A changing Arctic drives a new generation of research
Measuring Methane in 4D: Tree Fluxes at Harvard Forest
Shaped by fire: the Bonanza Creek LTER
Renewed funding for the LNO prioritizes synthesis, broadening participation, and mentorship
It begins with quality data: non-LTER student uses SBC LTER data to learn R, presents work at ESA
Science at the Top of the World, or, 48 Hours at Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems LTER
Announcing the LTER Photo Contest, 2024
Engagement Practice Briefs
Crossing boundaries: two new synthesis working groups funded at the LTER