Ten years later: an LTER synthesis working group leads to discovery and accelerates four careers
The CoRRE Working Group continues to develop new ways to study plant community change across the globe.
From Manhattan to the Arctic Tundra: 3 student’s summer adventure in Alaska
We spent nearly three months at Toolik Field Station studying processes in the Arctic tundra that range from individual fluorescence in leaves to tree growth north of the treeline!
Shrubs Take Over the Prairie: Cascading Changes Reshape Grassland Water Systems
by Dante Capone, PhD Student at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography and the California Current Ecosystems LTER Invasion of woody shrubs into grasslands disrupts the water cycle, with cascading effects on the ecosystem and conservation. A Prairie Transformed: The Puzzle of Vanishing Water In the tallgrass prairie of Kansas’ Konza Prairie LTER, rain filters through… Read more »
2024 LTER Year in Review: Generating Momentum
In 2024, we invested in people, in science, and in our ability to impact others. We hope we will carry this momentum into the next decade.
Request for Synthesis Proposals 2025
The data produced at LTER sites are an extraordinary scientific resource that can inform a wide variety of questions. Among-site comparisons interrogate the generality of effects observed at particular sites. Modeling efforts employ long term observations and experiments to formulate and test rigorous descriptions of theory. Scaling exercises get at the continental or even global… Read more »
Site Exchange Opportunity
Apply to travel to a different site to pursue comparative research. Deadline: March 28, 2025.
Why Salamanders? A SSALTER Blog Post
So why salamanders? It’s almost always the first question I get when I tell people about my research, says Eric Lyons in this SSALTER Blog post.
Planted prairie strips are safe for native pollinators
Strips of native prairie planted within agricultural monocrops are not an “ecological trap” for native pollinators, but also do not reduce the runoff of insecticides that may pose a threat.
DataBits: Conventional Commits
Conventional Commits provide a framework for better commit messages using Git, with a set of standards that relay what kind of code changes occur at each step.
LTER at AGU, 2024
The LTER Network has a strong presence at the 2024 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. See all the talks and posters here!
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Ten years later: an LTER synthesis working group leads to discovery and accelerates four careers
From Manhattan to the Arctic Tundra: 3 student’s summer adventure in Alaska
Shrubs Take Over the Prairie: Cascading Changes Reshape Grassland Water Systems
2024 LTER Year in Review: Generating Momentum
Request for Synthesis Proposals 2025
Site Exchange Opportunity
Why Salamanders? A SSALTER Blog Post
Planted prairie strips are safe for native pollinators
DataBits: Conventional Commits
LTER at AGU, 2024