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Lessons from Long-Term Data: An ARETs Experience at the H.J. Andrews LTER

now design lessons where students analyze real datasets, compare short-term and long-term trends, and...

Published: 02/17/26 

Story Categories:  ARET 

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Clotheslines, Hair Ties, and Tape Measures: Low Tech Tools for the Win

“Science and data collection doesn’t always have to have flashy gizmos and light speed...

Published: 02/16/26 

Story Categories:  ARET 

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What have sea urchins got to do with climate change?

Students engaged in a productive struggle to come to terms with what data needed...

Published: 02/16/26 

Story Categories:  ARET 

Three students at a lab bench with an urchin in a plastic container and a balance.

Returning Home to California’s Kelp Forests

As a native of Santa Barbara, I grew up exploring the tidepools, splashing in...

Published: 02/16/26 

Story Categories:  ARET 

Bringing seeds of wonder and curiosity from the Arctic Circle to a Minnesota Classroom

As a teacher, students often think we ‘know’ everything or should be able to...

Published: 02/13/26 

Story Categories:  ARET | Education 

Our second summer, we were not evacuated!

—by Rebecca Hawk If you step inside a classroom, there’s a good chance you...

Published: 02/13/26 

Story Categories:  ARET | Education 

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Permafrost and Passion: How Two Summers in the Arctic Reignited My Love for Teaching

My summers at Toolik Field Station reaffirmed a simple truth: teaching and research are...

Published: 02/13/26 

Story Categories:  ARET | Education 

Credit: Isobel Mifsud

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 

Credit: Abigail Willis

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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LTER Community Call: Site Exchanges

Each year, the LTER Network Office offers opportunities for researchers, students, or staff to propose...

02/11/26

2026 Synthesis Skills Course Opens

In 2026, LTER launches a rescoped version of the synthesis skills course (SSECR) that we...

02/06/26

The Forest Data Jam theme is “water and climate”

The Hubbard Brook Forest Data Jam is a juried competition, inviting students, artists, musicians, scientists, and coders to create...

02/06/26

NEON webinar: Towards Natural Language-based AI Agents for Environmental Data Exploration and Analysis Workflows

Join the NEON Science Seminar Tues., Feb. 10 at 12pm MT to hear Dr. Renato...

02/06/26

LTER Network Book Club

We’re excited to announce the second meeting of the LTER Network Book Club, organized by the Graduate...

01/30/26

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