Historical irrigation leaves long lasting legacies on the prairie
New research from a long-term experiment at the Konza Prairie LTER shows that past climate conditions influence how ecosystems respond to current water availability.
Arduino vs Raspberry Pi: A Maker’s Guide to Environmental Sensors
Ever want to make your own ecological sensor? This guide by Mark Gahler will help you get started in the right direction.
History mediates microbial resilience and response following drought conditions
Microbial resilience and response with ongoing climate change is influenced by land use legacies at the Coweeta LTER.
Reasons to Archive and Share Data
John Porter and An Nguyen, with the LTER Information Managers, outline 8 reasons to archive and share data supported by the literature.
Repeat photography engages the public at LTER sites
With just a phone camera, anyone can add to a growing dataset tracking environmental change at the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER.
Pooling insights on organic matter dynamics: Five emergent themes from an LTER network-wide synthesis
LTER network scientists work together to reveal key trends in organic matter processing, storage and transport across ecosystems.
From the Antarctic to the equator: Palmer LTER researchers track complete humpback migrations
Palmer Antarctic LTER researchers track the full migration of Southeast Pacific humpback whales, the first time this has been done.
LTER Network Office Expands Support for Synthesis
Synthesis working groups rely heavily on in-person collaboration. Free-flowing debate on goals and methods carries over from afternoon workshops through shared dinners. There’s little substitute for the immediacy of cooking up an analytical approach, scripting it onsite, discussing results, and making revisions — all within a few hours. And the easy availability of technical, analytical… Read more »
Remembering Dr. Frank H. Wadsworth, founder of the Luquillo LTER
The world lost a giant of forest conservation with the passing of the USDA International Institute of Tropical Forestry (IITF) emeritus scientist Dr. Frank H. Wadsworth on January 5th, 2022.
In Search of Commonality: Plant communities exhibit a wide variety of responses to global change
All plants are somehow affected by global change, but their responses are inconsistent between ecosystems, a LTER Synthesis group finds.
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