At the 2017 AGU Fall Meeting, held at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, from December 11-15, 2017, dozens of LTER researchers will present new results on a range of topics, from how ecosystems recover from droughts and hurricanes to what manufactured ice storms can reveal about how to prepare for winter’s worst. Links to the abstracts for over 100 LTER presentations at AGU 2017.
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Internships: Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
The Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve of the University of Minnesota has opportunities for students to work as plant community ecology interns, research field supervisors, ornithology technicians, and prescribed burn technicians. Many positions run from June through August, but some technicians will be needed as early as March and some are needed through October. As… Read more »
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Computational, Quantitative and/or Theoretical Biologist Assistant Professor
The Department of Biology at Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado) is recruiting a new tenure-track faculty member at the rank of ASSISTANT PROFESSOR who is addressing fundamental questions in biology using computational, quantitative and/or theoretical approaches. Relevant areas of interest include (but are not limited to) genomics/metagenomics/epigenomics, systems biology, synthetic biology, population genetics, epidemiology,… Read more »
Engaging Communities
People of all ages and levels of science knowledge can participate and learn from informal science education activities. LTER sites host a variety of informal education resources such as, nature trails, field investigations, research tours and citizen science projects all of which have a goal of increasing the public knowledge and appreciation of the ecological… Read more »
The Lost Seal
$9.95 BY DIANE MCKNIGHT ANDILLUSTRATED BY DOROTHY EMERLING Research scientists camped at the desolate McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica studying the local lakes and streams are one day surprised to find a young Weddell seal in their midst. Tired and hungry, and perhaps lured by the smell of the group’s cheeseburger dinner, the young male… Read more »
My Water Comes from the San Juan Mountains
$16.95 BY TIFFANY FOURMENT; KOREN NYDICK; GARY GIANINY AND MARY ANN GOFFILLUSTRATED BY DOROTHY EMERLING This book introduces children to the nation’s watershed, the Continental Divide, and how snowmelt forms the headwaters of the rivers and streams that bring life to the land below on the Rocky Mountain’s Western Slope. The entire water cycle is… Read more »
Una Noche en los Everglades
$15.95 BY LAUREL LARSEN PH.D.TRANSLATED BY ALIDA RIBBI & RUDOLF JAFFEILLUSTRATED BY JOYCE MIHRAN TURLEY Follow two scientists as they spend a night in the Everglades collecting water samples, photographing wildlife, and sloshing through marshes in an attempt to understand this mysterious ecosystem. Part of a long-term effort to return the Everglades to a natural… Read more »
One Night in the Everglades
$15.95 BY LAUREL LARSEN PH.D.ILLUSTRATED BY JOYCE MIHRAN TURLEY Follow two scientists as they spend a night in the Everglades collecting water samples, photographing wildlife, and sloshing through marshes in an attempt to understand this mysterious ecosystem. Part of a long-term effort to return the Everglades to a natural state after a century of development,… Read more »
My Water Comes from the Rocky Mountains
$16.95 BY TIFFANY FOURMENTILLUSTRATED BY DOROTHY EMERLING This book introduces children to the nation’s watershed, the Continental Divide, and how snowmelt forms the headwaters of the rivers and streams that bring life to the land below all along the front range of the Rocky Mountains. The entire water cycle is described from evaporation to glacier… Read more »
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