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Key Findings

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El Niño and Warm Anomalies Restructure the Ecosystem

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Iron Supply Broadly Influences Carbon Dynamics

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Episodic Events Alter Primary Production and Carbon Export

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Double Integration of Climate Forcing

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Optimized Satellite Remote Sensing Products

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Soil Resources Limit Grassland Ecosystems’ Response to Elevated CO2

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Chronic N Enrichment Alters Plant Biodiversity and Community Composition

Cedar Creek LTER
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Biodiversity Increases Ecosystem Productivity and Stability

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Hidden Origins of Coastal Productivity

Florida Coastal Everglades LTER
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Disturbance Interactions Define Coastal Gradients

Florida Coastal Everglades LTER
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Sea Level Rise May Decouple Carbon Sources / Sinks

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Donor Controlled Food Webs

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Estuaries Play an Outsized Role in the Global Carbon Budget

Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER
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Ammonia Oxidizers Transform the Nitrogen Cycle

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Sea Level Rise Alters Wetland Function

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River Flow Supports Marsh Production

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Mobile Predators Structure Communities

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Carbon Uptake Exceeds Expectations

Harvard Forest LTER
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Hemlock is a Foundation Species

Harvard Forest LTER
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Microbes Respond to Global Change

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Spring is Arriving Earlier

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Unexpected Patterns of Streamwater Nitrogen Loss From Watersheds

Hubbard Brook LTER
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Previously Declining Songbird Populations Show Signs of Stabilizing

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Calcium is Critical to Forests Exposed to Acid Rain

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Climate Change Affects Forest Productivity

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