Ten years later: an LTER synthesis working group leads to discovery and accelerates four careers
The CoRRE Working Group continues to develop new ways to study plant community change across the globe.
Shrubs Take Over the Prairie: Cascading Changes Reshape Grassland Water Systems
by Dante Capone, PhD Student at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography and the California Current Ecosystems LTER Invasion of woody shrubs into grasslands disrupts the water cycle, with cascading effects on the ecosystem and conservation. A Prairie Transformed: The Puzzle of Vanishing Water In the tallgrass prairie of Kansas’ Konza Prairie LTER, rain filters through… Read more »
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Planted prairie strips are safe for native pollinators
Strips of native prairie planted within agricultural monocrops are not an “ecological trap” for native pollinators, but also do not reduce the runoff of insecticides that may pose a threat.
Love writing about science? Now accepting applications for our 2024 LTER Graduate Writing Fellows program!
Now accepting applications for the 2024 cohort of LTER Graduate Writing Fellows.
A changing Arctic drives a new generation of research
An experiment at treeline, one on the tundra, one in the Kuparuk. Each has provided researchers with valuable truths about how each Arctic system responds to change.
Shaped by fire: the Bonanza Creek LTER
Bonanza Creek was quick to remind me of its true nature: everything about its ecology follows the flame.
Racially discriminatory housing policies determine who benefits from nature in Minneapolis
A new paper from the Minneapolis-St. Paul LTER shows that properties that had a racial covenant have better access to environmental benefits than those without.
Gradient of Soil Fertilization Helps Tundra Shrubs Expand Across the Arctic
Scientists at the Arctic LTER find that different points along a gradient of soil fertility aid ectomycorrhizal and ericaceous tundra shrubs. Their findings hint at the potential for those two types of shrubs to co-expand over the Arctic—a previously unconsidered scenario that could have vast implications for the future of the northern tundra
Grassland birds show resilience in the face of drought
Grassland birds, by changing their nest characteristics and breeding patterns, are more resilient to drought than previously thought.