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Our second summer, we were not evacuated!

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

02/25/26

smiling, snow-covered woman in outdoor gear

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

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

02/13/26

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

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

02/11/26

Credit: Isobel Mifsud

24 Hours at Toolik Field Station

Short Stories About Long Term Research

We are 158 miles north of the Arctic Circle, and the sun neither rises nor sets, but swings...

12/17/25

Credit: Abigail Willis

A Lesson On Why You Never Leave Your Camera Behind

Short Stories About Long Term Research

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

11/14/25

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March 2026

2025-2026 Synthesis Groups: Community Call

2025-2026 Synthesis Groups: Community Call

March 10, 2026    
10:00 am-11:00 am (Pacific Time)
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April 2026

08 Apr

2025-2026 Synthesis Groups, Part B: LTER Community Call

April 8, 2026    
9:00 am-10:00 am (Pacific Time)
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Flash Talk Friday

Flash Talk Friday

April 24, 2026    
12:00 pm-1:15 pm (Pacific Time)
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LTER Community Call: Site Exchanges

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

02/24/26

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

Love-data-week hackathon

Join NEON and ESIIL for a Love-data-week virtual hackathon (Thurs Feb 12) co-hosted by the National Ecological Observatory Network...

02/06/26

Young Voices of Science Program

The Young Voices of Science program consists of a series of expert-led workshops, each designed to prepare and empower science scholars...

01/28/26

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...

02/06/26

ESIIL Innovation Summit

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

02/06/26

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