Our circumstances have changed a lot in the last six months, leaving many US scientists feeling uncertain about the future. But the practice of addressing and reacting to the new challenges is something ecologists are very used to.
Boxes and boxes of bees Humble beginnings The magnitude of an extensive specimen collection doesn’t really hit until you see it. At the University of Mexico’s Museum of Southwestern Biology, research scientist Jade McLellan pulls out one box of bee after another. There are shelves stacked to the ceiling. Some boxes are labeled with things… Read more »
The LTER Network Office is pleased to announce that we will be able to fund four site exchange fellowships in 2025. Site exchanges were designed to facilitate between-site comparisons and support the development of cross-site projects. The 2025 awardees exemplify a variety of approaches to such collaboration, including: shared sampling efforts, development and dissemination of… Read more »
Join fellow graduate students and postdocs from across the LTER network to discuss and find support around the challenges that arise during mentoring. The community is designed so that participants can pick up effective practices from others and to share your own successful strategies. We encourage participants to share their current challenges, and the group… Read more »
In October, over fifty attendees at the PIE LTER gathered in a local pub to acknowledge one another’s’ concerns for issues in the Sound.
The In a Time of Change program at the Bonanza Creek LTER brings together artists and scientists to generate new ways of understanding nature.
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 »
Apply to travel to a different site to pursue comparative research. Deadline: March 28, 2025.
Remote sensing with field validation can accurately predict biocrust abundance in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica.
The Entering Mentoring program is an evidence-based mentoring approach specifically tailored to STEMM researchers. The LTER Network is piloting an in-network offering of this workshop series. Why Effective mentorship can set both mentees and mentors up for success, from small projects all the way through careers. Mentors will develop skills for engaging in productive and… Read more »
