The Yahara may sound like the name of a vast desert, but it’s actually a 359-square mile watershed in southern Wisconsin. The Yahara Watershed is a mix of urbanized land…
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Role of the LTER Network Office
…the scientific community. Communication-related activities of the LNO: Web site. The LNO hosts and maintains the LTER web site, the LTER Intranet, the LTER photo gallery, and a Network events…
Lab Specialist Intermediate | VCR LTER
…maintaining and analyzing long-term datasets. Conducting field work, which may include boating, wading, and snorkeling in shallow estuarine environments; collecting fishes and invertebrates; and establishing and maintaining field experiments. Providing…
Gradient of Soil Fertilization Helps Tundra Shrubs Expand Across the Arctic
…nana (dwarf birch)—an ectomycorrhizal species—to dominate its main shrub competitor, Rhododendron tomentosum (Labrador tea). Credit: Haley Dunleavy, CC BY-SA 4.0. Dwarf birch and Labrador tea growing together at ARC. The…
Success Stories in Sustainability from the Southernmost Site
…valleys are an expansive exposed soil-and-rock landscape, surrounded by glaciers, which melt into streams that feed into lakes which are permanently covered by ice. Taylor Valley, our main area of…
Using Video to Communicate Science
…much in one video. Have one main point with some supporting action or information. And think through your story (even talk it through a few times) before you turn on…
It’s not the plants: nitrogen directly affects alpine soil microbes
…right way. At the Niwot Ridge LTER, two codominant plant species have opposing effects on nitrogen cycling. Geum rossii slows nitrogen cycling way down, whereas Deschampsia cespitosa maintains rapid nitrogen…
Research Specialist | Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER
…maintenance of field sites and collection of field data; maintenance and download of field sensors; collection and processing of water samples; operation of laboratory equipment used to process field samples;…
Assistant Professor Positions (Water) Oregon State University
…salary. Remote Sensing of Water: We seek a colleague who will develop and maintain a vigorous, externally-funded research program in the remote sensing of water, including snow and ice, and…
Kellogg Biological Station REU program in agricultural ecology – 2 Positions (2018)
…State University’s main campus in East Lansing, MI. There, the student will work on a project consisting of three primary components: 1) working with remote sensing data from different platforms…