Brief announcements with limited lifespan.
The Young Voices of Science program consists of a series of expert-led workshops, each designed to prepare and empower science scholars to share their knowledge, concerns, and hopes for the future with the wider world, and provide a launch pad for public engagement, early in their scientific careers.
Congratulations to the winner of the 2025 LTER photo contest: Leonardo A. Rivera-Pagan, Luquillo LTER, and Rachael Brenneman, Konza Prairie.
January 27, 2026: Streamlining Data Management with Specify Software (2:00-4:00pm ET) Speakers:Aimee Stewart (University of Kansas, Specify)Theresa Miller (University of Kansas, Specify) Abstract: For over 30 years, Specify, now the Specify Collections Consortium, has been supporting biological research museums and biorepositories to manage their collection data. The Specify team has been continuously working to streamline the… Read more »
The 4th annual ESIIL Innovation Summit: AI for Sustainability will be in Boulder, Colorado from May 12-14. Attendees will dive into cutting-edge AI approaches for environmental data science, learn how to apply these methods in their own research and organizations, and collaborate on AI-ready datasets, tools, and use cases. There is no registration fee for accepted participants to… Read more »
The LTER arts and humanities working group will host a virtual get-together on February 5 at 1 pm EST/10am PST for those interested in advancing arts-humanities work within their sites and across the network. For our February meeting, we’ll feature the newest project from BNZ’s In a Time of Change (ITOC) collaborative arts-humanities-science program, Threshold 32F. Artist Klara Maisch, writer Debbie Moderow,… Read more »
The 2026-2035 LTER Strategic Plan builds on the assets that are characteristic of the LTER Program and emphasizes the questions we answer and the impact we can we have because we are a network.
Introducing the LTER Photo Contest, 2025! Spurred on by the great images submitted last year and the fierce site vs. site competition that took place on our Instagram page to pick a winner, we’re back with a new theme!
The Young Voices of Science program consists of a series of expert-led workshops, each designed to prepare and empower science scholars to share their knowledge, concerns, and hopes for the future with the wider world, and provide a launch pad for public engagement, early in their scientific careers.
LTER has an outsized presence at ESA, and this year is no different. See all the LTER talks here.
The LTER Network Office is excited to announce that three Scientific Peers Advancing Research Collaborations (SPARC) proposals were funded this year. The three groups will meet in person at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis for one week, starting in the fall.
