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Early Winter

A record three-day snow followed by nearly a month of record-shattering low temperatures brought a premature close to summer field

Sustaining freshwater systems in a changing world

Momentum is gathering to develop a “Freshwater Initiative” for the United States.

Synthesis is more than pulling things together: it is also the search for new generalization and new theory

Synthesis is a tradition in the ecological sciences.

An LTER delegation, under the chairmanship of James Gosz, visited China for three weeks in September, completing an exchange between the LTER Network and the Chinese Ecological Research Network (CE

The Antarctic Marine LTER: An Ecosystem Dominated by Ice

Palmer Station and the surrounding waters have been chosen as the site of the first Antarctic LTER.

The U.S.

Hurricane Hugo made a landfall at Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, at 0001 hours (EDT) on September 22, 1989, two weeks after it had begun as a depression off the coast of West Africa.

Luquillo Experimental Forest

Hurricane Hugo, a category- four hurricane, struck the Luquillo Experimental Forest (LEF) on September 18, 1989.

Retirement from the National Science Foundation at the end of June brought to a close nearly 20 demanding and rewarding years of helping provide support for the most promising research activities i