A walk in the woods – 17 years later
by Ian Yesilonis (Baltimore Ecosystem Study LTER) Walking through the woods and observing the trees and animals is something I have always loved to do growing up in Baltimore. Our temperate deciduous forests in the city are typically smaller patches; however, one park, the Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park (1,216 acres), is quite large and also has big… Read more »
Cruising the Ocean off California: Wrangling the MOCNESS monster
Laura Lilly takes us along on a sampling cruise with the California Current Ecosystem Long Term Ecological Research site!
Roadblocks and Rocks: How to Measure Soils in Forest Ecosystems
Karla Jarecke and Adrian Gallo take us through research at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, home of the Andrews Forest LTER.
Ironing out the arctic carbon cycle
Adrianne Trusiak takes us through sampling to decipher the carbon cycle at Toolik Lake, home of the Arctic LTER.
Illustrating three unexpected lessons we learned whilst studying diurnal patterns of light transmittance of leaves
Santa Neimane takes us through research in the Alps, part of a series of SSALTER blog posts from international long-term researchers!
Southwest Regional Student Meetup – Grasslands, Deserts, and Cities
Students from the Central Arizona-Phoenix, Sevilleta, and Jornada LTER visit and present posters at the CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting.
Understanding species’ responses to climate change
This month Cliff will be sharing some of his dissertation work from his beloved alpine field site at the Niwot Ridge LTER site in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
Light and conversation advance the work of the Cairngorms LTSER
Jen Holzer views Scotland through the eyes of an Israeli Scientist for this international edition of the SSALTER Blog.
Adventures in the stoichiometry of Braila Island, Research Center in Systems Ecology and Sustainability
Shabnam G. Farahani takes to Braila Island on the Danube River in this SSALTER Blog post, where we explore stoichiometry.
CaveGIS – bringing location analysis to the underground
We go underground with Vojkan Gavojić with this edition of the SSALTER Blog, learning about cave research in the Postojna-Planina cave system