LTER Life

Uploads from sites, researchers, students, and other LTER personnel showcasing life at LTER sites.

The Everglades Through My Eyes. Video compilation by Junbin Zhao of the Florida Coastal Everglades LTER from 2016-2019. (9:08)

High wind and snow at the Niwot saddle, February 28, 2012. (0:46)

The American Pika: A Climate Indicator Species? The University of Colorado’s Chris Ray discusses her research on the American Pika at the Niwot Ridge Long Term Research site. (4:20)

Snow dune migration on Niwot Ridge (0:32)

Drones over Niwot. Video documenting drone mapping campaigns at Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research Saddle Catchment. (2:08)

360 Video Drone Flight over Niwot Ridge LTER (2:44)

R/V Sikuliaq: Boarding for the Gulf of Alaska LTER Cruise Spring 2018. Alice Schuler joins a group of researchers on the R/V Sikuliaq as a night zooplankton team volunteer for the Northern Gulf of Alaska LTER Cruise Spring 2018. (1:15)

Why Are Our Salt Marshes Falling Apart? Linda Deegan explains how research at the Plum Island LTER has revealed the mechanisms behind salt marsh erosion. (3:48)

El Yunque National Forest after Hurricane Maria. Zac Gooch provides an intimate video overview of the destruction in Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Maria. (3:48)

Hemlock Removal Experiment. Clarisse Hart explores what happens in a forest when a foundation species is lost. (1:37)

Earth Day 2016 – Santa Barbara LTERs. Take a look at the LTER booth at Earth Day 2016 in Santa Barbara. (1:27).

Rocky Mountain National Park, LTER ASM 2012. A timelapse of Rocky Mountain National Park from the All Scientists Meeting hike in 2012. (0:22)

Making Science Happen: LTER Cargo Timelapse on the Lawrence M. Gould. View the cargo loading process in rapid speed at the Palmer Station, Antarctica LTER. (2:17).

LTER Nitrogen fertilization study. An overview of a nitrogen fertilization research at the Kellogg Biological Station LTER. (3:00).

FCE LTER: Florida Everglades Hour. Recorded talk on Miami’s Urban Ecology at the Florida Everglades Hour. (6:36).

Palmer LTER Sampling. A short video displaying the sampling methods employed at the Palmer LTER in 2016. (3:00)

Moorea LTER Summer 2015. Video from Kaitlyn Landfield’s fieldwork season at the Moorea Coral Reef LTER.

Moorea Coral Reef LTER. A video by David Fortson showing the Moorea Coral Reef LTER booth at the 2016 Santa Barbara Earth Day festival.

Osprey visits nest and begins to reorganize. Part 1. Footage of an osprey building a nest at the Andrews Forest LTER. (3:01)