The Phoenix Area Social Survey shows how people drive urban-ecological change
The Phoenix Area Social Survey uncovers residents’ relation to the landscape around them, revealing drivers of urban environmental change.
Winter is Not Coming
A warming climate, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the harsh conditions make research at the McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER site remarkably interesting!
Ecosystems are resistant or resilient to hurricanes, but not both
Ecosystems resist devastation from hurricanes by choosing either of two strategies: high resistance or high resilience.
Using the LTERHub Directory API to Perform Site Tasks
John Porter walks through how to take full advantage of the LTERHub API, which taps into powerful directory functionality.
Ready-to-teach R Environmental Datasets: the lterdatasampler R package
We are excited to share with the broader R community a new collection of 8 data samples geared towards teaching environmental data science!
2021-22 LTER Webinar Series: See past webinars here!
Our 2021-2022 webinar series introduces the work of the six synthesis groups that are currently active. Their foci range widely and include the effects of drought at hundreds of sites globally, developing better ways of aligning genomic and ecological data, controls on river exports of silicon and more.
LTER Grad Students: Apply Now for Science Writing Opportunity
Applications for the 2022 cohort of LTER Graduate Student Science Writers are now open! Apply to write about current LTER science.
Expanding the “bio” in biogeochemical modeling: including voles in arctic climate models
Explicit representation of voles improves models of the impacts of climate change on Arctic ecosystem function
Stream Dissolved Nitrogen Cycling Responds to Human Activity across the Landscape
A new global data synthesis of stream chemistry indicates human activities reduce streams ability to retain and transform nutrients.
Upcoming Panel Discussion on Community Engagement
The Community Building working group from the LTER Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee will be facilitating a panel discussion on community engagement with colleagues from across the network
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Why Salamanders? A SSALTER Blog Post
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LTER at AGU, 2024
New DataNugget: Do urchins flip out in hot water?
From Species Richness to Ecosystem Resilience: a Synthesis Study of Marine Consumer Nutrient Supply
Love writing about science? Now accepting applications for our 2024 LTER Graduate Writing Fellows program!
A changing Arctic drives a new generation of research
Measuring Methane in 4D: Tree Fluxes at Harvard Forest
Shaped by fire: the Bonanza Creek LTER