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Graduate student jumping for joy after successfully building a prototype for a precipitation manipulation experiment.

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The Andrews Forest maintains a plethora of monitoring equipment to study changes in this old-growth system.

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An air temperature sensor in reference stand 12. While some sensors were deployed under the canopy, others were deployed in more exposed areas for a detailed comparison.

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A hemispherical photo of an understory air temperature sensor at the Andrews Forest.

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My marmot friend watching me while I eat lunch.

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The carbon trend over time at the Bonanza Creek LTER.

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Field Technician Sarah Kennings flushes a chamber to ensure the concentration of CO2 inside matches the ambient atmosphere around it. After ceiling the container with the orange clips shown, the IRGA (photo center, in clear box) will be able to measure how the concentration inside changes, allowing scientists to calculate the rate of CO2 change, or gas flux.