DataBits Through the Years
This 30 year retrospective highlights how data management at the LTER has grown, pulling funny and interesting anecdotes for us to enjoy.
Do fish graze the way for coral recovery?
Fish clear space for corals to grow in small scale experiments. But does fish grazing cause reefs to recover faster? A new study says no.
2022 LTER Network Response to the Fourth Decadal Review
We are all interconnected
When the sun bakes me in the heat, when I find a tick crawling on my skin, when water has soaked the socks through my boots, when the tree branches whip my face, when equipment breaks, when I am staying up late labeling plastic bags, when I am waking up pre-dawn to take measurements, when I am feeling completely overwhelmed – I remind myself of my favorite things.
Two LTER Sites Emerge from Hurricanes Intact
Two separate hurricanes tore through LTER sites this past month—but the Luquillo LTER and Florida Coastal Everglades LTER are mostly intact.
Taking it to the park: mapping sawgrass vulnerability to peat collapse in the Florida Everglades
Luke Lamb-Wotton maps sawgrass vulnerability to saltwater intrusion and peat collapse at the FCE LTER site.
New Webinar Series: Sense of Belonging in Field Courses: What, Why, When, and How?
A new webinar series from the Belonging in Field Education project at Oregon State University launches November 2, 2022.
LTER Photo Contest Winners
See the winners of the 2022 LTER Photo Contest!
Open call to join LTER DEIJ Committee Working Groups
The LTER DEIJ committee would like to invite anyone from across the LTER Network who has a shared interest to join our Working Groups.
Utilizing LTER experiments for eco-evolutionary insights
New cross-site working group explores untapped evolutionary research potential at LTER sites.
Arctic LTER: Fertilization, fire and plant community change
The Arctic tundra ecosystem has naturally low biodiversity and is experiencing changes due to the influences of climate change. Over the past 30+ years, researchers at the Arctic LTER site have developed a suite of experiments to study the effects of expected climate changes on the ecosystem as well as conducting continued monitoring of ecosystem… Read more »
Santa Barbara Coastal LTER: Biodiversity and marine heatwaves in the kelp forest ecosystem.
RET projects at the Santa Barbara Coastal LTER site will focus on marine heatwaves, a research focus that connects to the impact of climate change on important ecosystems. Marine heatwaves (MHWs) – defined as prolonged periods of unusually high seawater temperatures – have emerged as disruptive forces in the kelp forest, threatening marine biodiversity and… Read more »
Top Stories
Themed Collection on North American Drylands
2026 Photo Contest
Lessons Learned from Spending a Month at Sea
Young Voices of Science: 2026 applications open
Call for proposals: Global ILTER Activity 2026
Call for Proposals: 4th ILTER Open Science Meeting (OSM) 2027
Reminder: Synthesis RFP deadline September 16
LTER at ESA, 2026
Studying post-fire Snowpack at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest
2026 Site Exchanges Announced