FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Where Does Charcoal, or Black Carbon, in Soils Go? Scientists find surprising new answers in wetlands such as the Everglades April 18, 2013 — Scientists have uncovered one of nature’s long-kept secrets–the true fate of charcoal in the world’s soils. The ability to determine the fate of charcoal is critical to knowledge… Read more »
The latest Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network newsletter is out. The first this year, LTER Network News Spring 2013, Vol. 26 No. 1 includes stories about the recent LTER min-symposium and the Ecological Reflections exhibit at NSF, various news items from around the Network and sites, education, a scientific report, a new children’s book,… Read more »
The National Science Foundation (NSF) publication has published a booklet of ten collected LTER Discovery articles written by Cheryl Dybas in NSF’s Office of Legislative and Public Affairs. The booklet is now available for download in PDF form on the LTER Network website (http://intranet2.lternet.edu/sites/intranet2.lternet.edu/files/documents/Network%20Publications/Brochures/Discoveries%20in%20Long-Term%20Ecological%20Research.pdf).
It’s a busy time for LTER information managers, as the 21 articles from 27 authors in this Spring 2013 issue of Databits can attest. We have an astounding number of workshop reports and announcements and network working group project updates this time, running from information management systems to sensor networks to GIS to NIS components…. Read more »
The Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network is pleased to announce the publication of the 2012 LTER Annual Report. This inaugural report highlights important LTER accomplishments during 2012, summaries of the talks presented during the 2012 LTER mini-Symposium at the National Science Foundation (which can also be viewed online at http://bit.ly/12dZ4Le), and selected key findings… Read more »
***Correction*** In our press release of February 28, 2013 entitled “U.S. and French long-term ecological research networks agree to share knowledge and skills,” we reported that the signing ceremony for the Memorandum of Understanding at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., was attended by François Delattre, the French Ambassador. We would like to point out… Read more »
The 2013 LTER mini-symposium themed on "The Globalization of Long Term Ecological Research" at the National Science Foundation in Washington, DC., on Thursday, February 28, will be broadcasted live on the web beginning 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. The live webcast, a joint effort between the LTER Network Office and NSF can be viewed at… Read more »
NSF Forum: The Globalization of Long Term Ecological Research Scientists conduct long-term studies of Earth’s ecosystems through international collaborations Fire moves through grasslands at NSF’s Konza Prairie LTER Site in Kansas February 11, 2013 Deserts and forests, grasslands, lakes and rivers. Over the past 33 years, long-term ecological research has been conducted at a network… Read more »
Biofuel experts identify a way to meet 25 percent of Congress’ 2022 cellulosic energy production goals Marginal lands unsuited for food crops can serve as prime real estate for meeting the nation’s alternative energy production goals. In the current issue of the journal Nature, a team of researchers working at the MSU’s Kellogg Biological Station… Read more »
The National Science Foundation’s online video magazine, “Science Nation,” has released a short video featuring long term research by scientists at the Harvard Forest (HFR) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program to determine how the forest responds to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The short video and the accompanying short article can be viewed at… Read more »
