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Angel Chen and Nick Lyon troubleshoot a coding problem from their shared office at NCEAS. By supplying working groups with full-time support, they can push projects forward even though the groups aren’t meeting.

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The Synchrony synthesis group conducts a productive whiteboard session at the Network Office.

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The Von Guerard stream at the McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER site represents one extreme of the poles-to-tropics extent encompassed by the Si in streams synthesis project. Barb Woods, MCM LTER

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The Ecological Metagenome-derived Reference Genomes and Traits (EMERGENT) synthesis project connects genomic information about the soil microbiome with the broader ecological context. Image credit: Andrea Dame and Eva Tipps

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Rainout shelters at former Shortgrass Steppe LTER site are used to simulate extended droughts and observe changes in ecosystem productivity and species composition and are part of a distributed network of over 100 sites across the globe. Image courtesy of International Drought Experiment

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Rainout shelters at former Shortgrass Steppe LTER site are used to simulate extended droughts and observe changes in ecosystem productivity and species composition and are part of a distributed network of over 100 sites across the globe. Similar structures without plastic panels serve as controls. Image courtesy of International Drought Experiment

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Researchers use rainout shelters at the Matta International LTER site in Israel to simulate extended droughts and observe changes in ecosystem productivity and species composition. The Matta site is part of a distributed network of over 100 sites across the globe inspired by long term experiments of the U.S. LTER Network. Similar structures without plastic panels serve as controls. Image courtesy of International Drought Experiment

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Researchers use rainout shelters at the Matta International LTER site in Israel to simulate extended droughts and observe changes in ecosystem productivity and species composition. The Matta site is part of a distributed network of over 100 sites across the globe inspired by long term experiments of the U.S. LTER Network. Similar structures without plastic panels serve as controls. Image courtesy of International Drought Experiment