Diane McKnight Reflects on the LTER
The LTER Network Office sat down with Diane McKnight to chat about her life in the Network, the things she’s learned, and her dreams for the LTER moving forward.
Partnerships make the Kellogg Biological Station go ’round
Partnerships form the center of long-term research at the KBS LTER, and while their goals are different, their work is deeply intertwined.
Love writing about science? Now accepting applications for our 2023 LTER Graduate Writing Fellows program!
We are now accepting applications for new LTER graduate student science writer paid positions hosted by the LTER Network Office. Applications are due by October 1, 2023.
HBR’s Young Voices of Science program now accepting applications for 2023
Learn science communication in this FREE program put on by the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation. Applications now open!
The memory of an oyster shell
A recent paper from researchers at the University of Georgia, in collaboration with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, uses oxygen isotope analysis of mollusk shells found at archaeological sites to show how ancestral Muskogean villages collectively, and sustainably, managed shellfish harvest.
LTER at ESA, 2023
Dozens of talks, posters, short courses, and special sessions at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting highlight LTER research.
Can’t bring kids to the Gulf of Alaska? Develop a virtual field trip!
NGA’s Virtual Field Trip brings the Arctic to the classroom, pairing a video, video game, and activities to immerse students near and far in the ecosystem.
A Meditation on Mosquitos
As I find myself in the dog days of an Alaskan summer – powerless to change my bug-infested situation – there is no choice but acceptance.
Land and water cover decreases likelihood of perceiving environmental problems, regardless of income
A new synthesis from the Baltimore Ecosystem Study shows that residents with greater land and water cover in the Metropolitan Baltimore, Maryland area were less likely to perceive environmental problems.
Call for Science Council Topic Proposals
Are you working on (or interested in) synthesizing research across LTERs? Do you think your work could benefit by engaging Site PIs and hearing directly what is being done in your research area at each site? Do you have an idea for a project or paper that could emerge from such a set of discussions?… Read more »
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