Climate is one of the key drivers for all ecosystems and ecosystems have important feedbacks on climate. Over half the LTER sites have climate as a component in their main…
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Get your hands on research with a Fellowship in the MBL Logan Science Journalism Program
…the Biomedical Hands-On Research Course or the Environmental Hands-On Research Course. The main emphasis is on research activities, enriched by discussions, scientific talks, and excursions. “This kind of [research] experience…
LTER: Plum Island Ecosystems, the impact of changing landscapes and climate on interconnected coastal ecosystems
The Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research (PIE LTER) site consists of a linked watershed-marsh-estuarine system connected to the Gulf of Maine. The goal of the PIE LTER is…
Research Experience for Undergraduates at the Andrews Forest LTER
…main goals: 1. Collecting data on forest structure, microclimate, burn severity at the plot and focal tree level. 2. Measuring seedling success with several metrics including height and photosynthetic activity….
Arduino vs Raspberry Pi: A Maker’s Guide to Environmental Sensors
…projects. They have created a line of microcontroller main-boards, known as Feather, and plug-in daughter-boards with a large range of capabilities. Additionally, they have put raw sensors and other devices…
Summer Field Assistant | Arctic LTER
…in natural water Duties include facilitating chemical measurements through the preparation of standards and reagents, and the maintenance of instruments for a multi-user laboratory at the Toolik Field Station. The…
Women in Oceanography: highly accomplished but still underrepresented
…BY-SA 4.0 by Megan O`Hara, PhD student at Western Washington University In the past century there has been a dramatic shift toward empowering women in the workforce. However, males remain…
Research Scientist | Cedar Creek LTER
The Cedar Creek LTER seeks a full-time research scientist. Their main responsibility is to perform high-impact ecological research at Cedar Creek in partnership with Cedar Creek’s Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)…
Choose Your Poison: Plant Disease Outbreaks May Be Curbed by Periodic Wildfire
…part of a fire frequency experiment that has been maintained for over half a century. The temperate oak savanna–forest ecotone that comprises these plots recently experienced a novel outbreak of…
2. The Climates of the Long-Term Ecological Research Sites
The Climates of the Long-Term Ecological Research Sites. 1987. Report maintained on-line Each LTER site maintains a climate database and at many sites climate data represent the longest data set…
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