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CU-Boulder video featuring Niwot PI Mark Williams gets Emmy nod

Published:
Jun 26, 2013
Issue: 
Network News Summer 2013, Vol. 26 No. 2

“Water: A Zero Sum Game” has been nominated by the Heartland Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for an Emmy Award in the “Enviro

Niwot LTER researchers using satellite to study snowpack in the Rockies

Published:
Jun 26, 2013
Issue: 
Network News Summer 2013, Vol. 26 No. 2

A group of researchers at the Niwot Ridge (NWT) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program are using an innovative new research approach to evalu

Andrew researchers publish national synthesis of long-term nitrogen trends in pristine streams

Published:
Jun 26, 2013
Issue: 
Network News Summer 2013, Vol. 26 No. 2

A recent study analyzing long-term trends in stream nitrogen from four Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites has found that nitrates in U.S.

Hubbard Brook celebrates its 50th anniversary with a grand party and symposium

Published:
Jun 26, 2013
Issue: 
Network News Summer 2013, Vol. 26 No. 2

The Hubbard Brook (HBR) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program will mark the 50th anniversary of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study (HBES) with a day-long celebration and symposium

The biography of SGS LTER

Published:
Jun 25, 2013
Issue: 
Network News Summer 2013, Vol. 26 No. 2

As the Shortgrass Steppe (SGS) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) ends, it is a good time to reflect upon the trajectory of the project.

Live Science profiles VCR PI Karen McGlathery

Published:
Jun 25, 2013
Issue: 
Network News Summer 2013, Vol. 26 No. 2
veScience has recently written an article about Karen McGlathery, a lead Principal

NSF discovery article features CAP study of urban head islands

Published:
Jun 23, 2013
Issue: 
Web Updates

With record temperatures expected in many regions of the United States this summer, Central Arizona-Phoenix’s (CAP) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) work on the phenomenon of “urban heat island

Harvard Forest researchers say whitebark pine tree’s future may be at risk

Published:
Jun 10, 2013
Issue: 
Web Updates

New research by Harvard Forest (HFR) LTER scientists suggest that widespread death of the whiteback pine tree from beetle infestations and tree disease outbreaks may be affecting seed production an

KBS LTER scientists featured in National Geographic Magazine about nitrogen fertilizers

Published:
Apr 22, 2013
Issue: 
Web Updates

The Kellog Biological Station (KBS) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program and scientists Phil Robertson and Sieg Snapp (and her research in Africa) are featured in a National Geographic arti

Harvard Forest study shows how carnivorous plants can spot ecological trouble ahead

Published:
Apr 22, 2013
Issue: 
Web Updates

When we imagine drama playing out between predators and prey, most of us picture stealthy lions and restless gazelle, or a sharp-taloned hawk latched on to an unlucky squirrel.