Beyond the numbers: Supporting an increasingly diverse LTER community
LTER Diversity Working Group report from the 2012 All Scientists Meeting.
The Fieldwork Initiative
The Fieldwork Initiative is a grassroots network of over 3,500 students and researchers facing trauma, unsafe conditions, or sexual harassment and assault during research fieldwork. The Fieldwork Initiative seeks to maintain a network for victims who have struggled with gendered violence while conducting research and to proliferate pre-fieldwork training seminars that break open the blackbox… Read more »
An actionable anti-racism plan for geoscience organizations
This paper presents a twenty-point anti-racism plan that organizations can implement to build an inclusive, equitable and accessible geoscience community. Enacting it will combat racism, discrimination, and the harassment of all members.
What is Bias
This page defines bias (explicit and implicit) microaggressions, and then aggregates resources on bias in sciences general and geosciences specifically. The page also shares resources on how implicit bias affects self-perception.
The misuse of colour in science communication
This publication details how commonly used color maps distort perception for all readers and how they may make visualizations unreadable or misleading for those with color vision deficiencies. The artilce includes recommendations for improved color mappings.
MCR Code Conduct
The Moorea Coral Reef (MCR) LTER site code of conduct.
Jornada Basin LTER Code of Ethics
Jornada Basin LTER Code of Ethics including their code of conduct.
Invisible Labor
An Inside Higher Education article about the exploitation of scholars through inequities in labor in academia (cultural taxation) for faculty of color and gives career advice centered on ways to minimize the burden.
Black Women in the Ivory Tower
This book provides scholars with a historical lens from which to view the higher education of Black women.
White Academia: Do Better
The article outlines tangible actions white academics can take to support Black colleagues and students.
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LTER Network Strategic Plan 2026-2035
Site Exchanges 2026
A Lesson On Why You Never Leave Your Camera Behind
Threshold 32F exhibit offers multiple perceptions of change
The functional groups of prairie strip people
Trout Lake Station highlights 100 years of research impact
LTER Photo Contest 2025
A Day in the Life: Behind the Scenes on Sapelo Island
Fall 2025 Young Voices of Science Program
When Shade Isn’t Enough: Climate Change in the Forest Understory