Award presented annually for significant scientific contributions to the biological sciences
Chair of the LTER Science Council and Executive Board G. Philip Robertson accepted the award on behalf of the LTER Network during the award ceremony held May 18, 2010, in Washington, DC.
LTER researchers presented annual mini-symposium in Arlington, VA
Scientists and educators from several LTER sites and disciplines shared ongoing LTER research, important findings, and future plans live and via webcast.
NSF is in the process of commissioning the third decadal, external review of the LTER program
"...it is essential that the whole LTER community come together to support one direction for NIS development."
-- Henry Gholz, Program Director, NSF/BIO/DEB
After almost 200 years of natural reforestation, forest cover is declining in all six states
'Wildlands and Woodlands: A Vision for the New England Landscape' examines forest trends and suggests strategies for conserving 70 percent of New England as forestland for the next 50 years.
A new USGS study used climate data from the Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research site
A new study by the U. S. Geological Survey reports that snow in the Colorado mountains is melting significantly earlier in the year than in the 1970s and that the changes appear to be related to recent climate trends.
The Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network is the recipient of the 2010 Distinguished Scientist Award by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS).
A new study by the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports that snow in the Colorado mountains is melting significantly earlier in the year than in the 1970s and that the changes appear to be related to recent climate trends.
A new report by researcher from the Harvard Forest and Hubbard Brooks Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites says that after almost 200 years of natural reforestation, forest cover is declining
On Tuesday, May 18, 2010, around 3:30 PM, Mark Lindquist, the Shortgrass Steppe (SGS) LTER field crew and 26 visitors at the SGS Research and Interpretive Center (RIC) watched the first on-the-grou
Scientists from the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network will present a mini-symposium on 'Ecosystem Services in a Changing World' on Thursday March 4, 2010 at the National Science Foundati
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Network News Spring 2010 - Featured Stories: LTER Network Awarded 2010 AIBS Distinguished Scientist Award; LNO completes Operational Plan; NEON developing Airborne Spectrometer; EcoTrends update; Andrews RET Wins National Environmental Prize; Late breaking news; Long Term Trends in Ecological Systems: A basis for understanding responses to global change; Comings and Goings; LNO posts mini-symposium webcasts online; NSF News: NSF completes 2009 site reviews and initiates 30-Year review of the LTER program; Site News: Tornado touches down at SGS LTER; SGS hosts Danish researchers; SGS scientist co-authors special issue of journal; Thirty years of old-growth research; Reflections: Writer-in-Residence receives Burroughs Award; Andrews researchers discover how water moves through soil; Andrews LTER RET wins National Environmental Prize; SGS RIC hosts Wyoming writers; BES Project Director chats with "Leaf Litter"; BES LTER recognized in new urban ecology textbook; Effects of a rare cold snap on Everglades biota; Education News: Making interdisciplinary research work; Grad student updates; News Briefs: Scott Collins voted LTER Chair-elect; NSF releases "Sensational 60" scientific advances; Scientific Report: Endocrine disrupting chemicals in the environment; Informatics Bits And Bytes: LTER introduces LTERMapS; LNO enters 2nd year of DRYAD
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