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Toolik Field Station Environmental Data Center Technician

Interested in Arctic field research? Toolik Field Station is hiring a second full-time, year-round Environmental Data Center Research Technician. Review of applications begins on July 27th 2026, so get your applications submitted by midnight on July 26th for full consideration. Email Amanda Young (ayoung55@alaska.edu) the Spatial & Environmental Data Center Manager or the Toolik Management… Read more »

Towards Natural Language-based AI Agents for Environmental Data Exploration and Analysis Workflows

September 9, 2026 @ 9:00 am-10:00 am –

Towards Natural Language-based AI Agents for Environmental Data Exploration and Analysis Workflows

headshot of Dr. FugueiredoDr. Renato J. Figueiredo, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University

This presentation will overview techniques that leverage AI multi-agent systems for data exploration and analysis that use environmental data deposited in repositories such as EDI and NEON. Such systems leverage Large Language Models (LLMs) to automate steps in data exploration and analysis workflows – such as the generation and execution of API queries, metadata processing and data harmonization, and generation of analysis code – while exposing user-friendly conversational interfaces.

LTER at ESA, 2026

The LTER Network always puts in a strong showing at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting and 2026 is no exception. Please use and share our day-by-day list of LTER and related events to find your footing at this fun and approachable meeting. If you don’t see your talk or session listed below, please… Read more »

Program Manager, Data & Information Network

The Accelerating Resilience Innovations in Drylands (ARID) Institute at the University of New Mexico is hiring a Program Manager to support implementation of a multi-faceted project to collect and synthesize data for compilation into a geospatial database and decision-support tool for communities, managers, and policymakers in New Mexico.

2026 Site Exchanges Announced

Site exchanges are designed to facilitate between-site comparisons and support the development of cross-site projects. The 2026 awardees exemplify a variety of approaches to such collaboration, including: shared sampling efforts, development and dissemination of new methods, collaboration on shared best practices, and work toward joint publications.

The caddisfly stole my heart

Caroline McCoy’s two-years as an ARETS Fellow impacted and expanded her approach to teaching science profoundly. I was inspired to learn more and it was the caddisfly that stole my heart. The caddisfly would end up becoming front and center in the lesson plan I would be writing.

Shirah Strock | Virginia Coast Reserve LTER to Santa Barbara Coastal LTER

Doctoral student Shirah Strock will travel from the Virginia Coast Reserve (VCR) LTER to the Santa Barbara Coastal (SBC) LTER. She will receive hands-on training in ViQi, an AI platform used to quantify sessile organism (algae, invertebrate) recruitment from long-term benthic imagery.