Stories Archive - Page 6 of 69

Burned forest, bleached reef: LTER sites adapt to learn from disturbance

Posted January 3, 2024

How the Andrews Forest and Moorea Coral Reef LTER sites respond to disturbance highlights the struggle and opportunity that come with an irreparably altered ecosystem.

Tiny But Mighty: How Flies Shape Agroecosystems

Posted December 6, 2023

These tiny creatures are everywhere we turn, yet rarely do we pause to acknowledge their key role in our lives. DeShea Dillard explores flies.

Sea urchins mothers can help their offspring withstand marine heatwaves

Posted December 5, 2023

Purple sea urchin embryos whose mothers were exposed to heatwaves have greater tolerance to high temperatures, suggesting a pathway to resilience for this keystone species in kelp forests.

Submit your LTER at AGU Talk, 2024

Posted December 1, 2023

An REU Summer at the MSP LTER

Posted November 20, 2023

This SSALTER blog is modified from the REU students’ weekly blog posts. Check out the fieldwork snippets they have done this summer!

Anxious, Elitist, and Eccentric: Species of the Chihuahuan Desert

Posted November 20, 2023

today, it’s my pleasure to introduce you to some of the remarkable flora and fauna who call the Chihuahuan desert home—I hope you’ll meet their smug, elitist, shy, anxious selves in person one day.

LTER Arts and Humanities Virtual Get-Together

Posted October 30, 2023

The LTER arts and humanities working group will host a virtual get-together on November 29, 2023 (3 pm EST) for those interested in advancing arts-humanities work within their sites and across the network.