The connections between humans and oceans run deep. Kelp forests, plankton, estuaries, and coral reefs support robust and diverse food webs, feeding both body and spirit. The destructive effects…
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New Participants Welcome: Synthesis Ideas from Science Council Breakout Sessions
Breakout sessions from the Science Council meetings often evolve into synthesis working groups. The 2016 meeting was no exception, with a lively and challenging series of discussions resulting in six…
Site Lightning Talks 2019
Each year at the annual LTER Science Council Meeting, site leaders present 5-minute lightning talks describing interesting new science at their sites. In 2019, in preparation for the decadal review…
LTER Road Trip: Finding Pika Poo
Ashley Whipple studies pika in the Colorado mountains. Credit: E Zambello/LTER-NCO CC BY 4.0 My second morning at the Niwot Ridge LTER dawned warm but windier than the day before,…
LTER Publications and Products Instructions
We are asking sites to provide a BibTex file of publications and products that could not have been produced without LTER support. Sites maintain records of their publications in different…
News from the NCO: 2016 Summer
Summer 2016 Dear PIs and Site Managers, It was great to see so many of you in Santa Barbara for the LTER Science Council meeting. I hope you enjoyed our…
LTER Graduate Student Spotlight: Marina Lauck
Grad student Marina Lauck with supervisor Dr. Nancy Grimm and lab mates at one of their Arizona field sites. Credit: CAP LTER This spotlight is part of an ongoing series…
Symposium: Discovering the Nature of Ecosystem Change
Synopsis Even as sea-level rise, drought, and fire increase pressures on some ecological systems, others are benefitting from protection and restoration efforts. But some changes are not reversible. Long-term research…
Education Digital Library
Find Resources Submit a Resource Contact The LTER Education Digital Library Project is a collection of reviewed and annotated digital resources relating to the ongoing efforts of the Long Term…
Got Shrubs? Woody plants are changing ecological communities around the globe
The Knights Who Say “Ni” would be delighted by a growing trend across many of the planet’s major biomes—tree and grass species are being taken over by shrubbery. Unfortunately, this…
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