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24 Hours at Toolik Field Station

We are 158 miles north of the Arctic Circle, and the sun neither rises...

Published: 12/17/25 

Story Categories:  Short Stories About Long Term Research 

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A Lesson On Why You Never Leave Your Camera Behind

The painting is a nod to how the understanding of science is just as...

Published: 11/14/25 

Story Categories:  Short Stories About Long Term Research 

Threshold 32F exhibit offers multiple perceptions of change

In a new traveling exhibit, Threshold 32F, from the In a Time of Change...

Published: 10/23/25 

Story Categories:  APEAL | Arts and Humanities 

Credit: Rachel Drobnak, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The functional groups of prairie strip people

Rachel Drobnak describes the "functional groups" of people who make prairie strip ecology such...

Published: 10/17/25 

Story Categories:  Short Stories About Long Term Research 

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Trout Lake Station highlights 100 years of research impact

Wisconsin Public Radio interviews Trout Lake Field Station Director Gretchen Gerrish in a new...

Published: 10/01/25 

Story Categories:  Results 

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A Day in the Life: Behind the Scenes on Sapelo Island

It is hard to put into words how exciting and simultaneously peaceful life is...

Published: 08/26/25 

Story Categories:  Short Stories About Long Term Research 

Credit: Greg Cohn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

When Shade Isn’t Enough: Climate Change in the Forest Understory

Once thought to be natural refuges, old-growth forests are warming faster than we imagined.

Published: 08/22/25 

Story Categories:  Research 

What is seagrass restoration worth on the blue carbon market?

How much revenue can seagrass restoration generate from carbon credits? It depends, says a...

Published: 07/30/25 

Story Categories:  Research | Results 

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A plant evolutionary ecologist’s ode to yellow-bellied marmots 

Marmots serve as a reminder to me to step back from this optimization-focused perspective...

Published: 07/29/25 

Story Categories:  Short Stories About Long Term Research 

Morning in the Midnight Sun

Fairbanks, Alaska isn’t always the snow-covered tundra that most of us in the lower...

Published: 07/14/25 

Story Categories:  Short Stories About Long Term Research 

Three new SPARC Synthesis Groups demonstrate the value of long-term data collected across ecosystems

The LTER Network Office is excited to announce that three Scientific Peers Advancing Research...

Published: 06/27/25 

Story Categories:  Announcement | Synthesis 

Listening First: How KBS is Expanding the Reach of Conservation Research

The goal of the KBS LTER Listening Session was to understand where gaps between...

Published: 06/27/25 

Story Categories:  APEAL | Results 

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Photo Contest Winners

Congratulations to the winner of the 2025 LTER photo contest: Leonardo A. Rivera-Pagan, Luquillo LTER,...

01/22/26

iDigBio Webinar Series

January 27, 2026: Streamlining Data Management with Specify Software (2:00-4:00pm ET) Speakers:Aimee Stewart (University of...

01/21/26

ESIIL Innovation Summit

The 4th annual ESIIL Innovation Summit: AI for Sustainability will be in Boulder, Colorado from May 12-14. Attendees...

01/21/26

LTER Arts and Humanities Working Group

The LTER arts and humanities working group will host a virtual get-together on February 5 at...

01/21/26

LTER Network Strategic Plan 2026-2035

The 2026-2035 LTER Strategic Plan builds on the assets that are characteristic of the LTER...

01/17/26

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