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LTER Photo Contest, 2025 The LTER Photo Competition is in full swing. Sites will go head-to-head in four rounds of our two brackets – BEST day in the field vs. TOUGHEST day in the…

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Click here, to learn more about NSF’s Long-Term Ecological Research Program The LTER Network and a number of the LTER sites maintain an active social media presence. You can find…

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Posts by Author Last Name Batista, Melanie (LTSER) Plants and Nitrogen – a love & hate relationship Brandon, Jennifer (CCE) What do you do at sea for a month without…

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White arrows indicate graduate student sharpie art. Credit: Alexandra Freibott by Alexandra Freibott I am a biological oceanographer and I study plankton – microscopic floating plants and animals. That means…

Poopy Penguins

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After spending 30 days on a ship conducting research on the Antarctic ocean, I was going to get to visit my first penguin colony and I was so excited! I…

What do you do at sea for a month without good internet?

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Styrofoam heads and odd scientists, before shrinking. Credit: Jennifer Brandon For our research in biological oceanography, we often have to go to sea to collect our biological samples or to…

The Rigors and Rewards of Fieldwork

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A research boat flies through the chop. Credit: Sloane Viola As our boat cut through the chop of the Santa Barbara Channel, sending fans of spray hissing in our wake,…

Salad Cages

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Kelp secured with zip-ties and plumbing hardware in big plastic bags. Credit: Christie Yorke By Christie Yorke of the SBC LTER My graduate student research often involves combining mesh, zip-ties,…

Role of the LTER Network Office

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The LTER Network Office (LNO) facilitates both internal and external communications for the LTER Network. With over 2000 scientists working on questions that range from coral resilience to the role…