Wendy Schnell’s Vanishing Point, from Drawing Water, illustrates in an artistic “graph” the increasing population of the invasive rainbow smelt alongside the declining natural walleye population. After her time at Trout Lake Station, Schnell donated the piece to the station, where it hangs for scientists and artists to view.
Dead fallen pine tree crushing a leaf litter trap. Keryn Gedan CC BY-SA 4.0
Aerial photograph of Brownsville Preserve, VA, with forest zones labeled Google Earth
Researchers working at the forest disturbance site, Nassawadox VA. Cora Johnston-Baird CC BY-SA 4.0
Caption: The BioCON experiment at Cedar Creek LTER focuses on understanding the interactions between carbon dioxide concentration, nutrients, and biodiversity. Credit: Susan Barrott. Cedar Creek LTER. CC-BY 4.0
Experimental mesocosms, such as those pictured here, help to bridge researchers’ understanding of mechanisms with whole system dynamics.
Euphausiids (or krill), pictured here, are a key link in the southern Pacific food chain. M. Stukel, California Current Ecosystem LTER. CC-BY 4.0
When a frozen landscape, such as this one in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, thaws — it makes all kinds of new connections. Mike Gooseff, McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER. CC-BY 4.0
MCR LTER graduate students Jessica Nielsen and Samantha Davis work on an exclusion cage designed to prevent access to the reef by herbivorous fishes. Credit: MCR LTER CC BY-4.0
The NES LTER team was able to complete
The NES LTER team managed to complete their shipboard research cruises in 2020 – following COVID-19 social distancing and mask restrictions. Lynne Butler
