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Welcome to the latest LTER Network News, first issue of Spring 2014
Published: Mar 31, 2014
Section: Network News
This is the Spring 2014 edition of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network quarterly newsletter, Network News, Vol. 27 No.

Morgan Grove talks trees in Baltimore

Published: Feb 20, 2014
Section: Site News
Morgan Grove, USDA Forest Service and Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) research scientist, was recently featured in The Baltimore Social Innovation Journal discu

PIE LTER releases children's video
Published: Feb 20, 2014
Section: K-12
A new video released by the Plum Island Ecosystem (PIE) LTER follows students participating in the Schoolyard “Salt Marsh Science Project” with Mass Audubon Education Coordinator, Liz Duff.

Annual LTER Mini-Symposium set to take place at NSF

Published: Feb 7, 2014
Section: Network News
The annual LTER Mini-Symposium will take place Friday, February 21, 2014 at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, VA.

LTER sites part of new regional climate hubs

Published: Feb 7, 2014
Section: Network News
The USDA recently announced the formation of regional climate hubs at seven locations across the United States in an initiative aimed at helping farmers, ranchers and rural communities cope with th

NSF invites proposals for LTREB
Published: Oct 31, 2013
Section: Network News
The National Science Foundation is inviting proposals for the

Connecting New Mexico Children with University Biologists
Published: Aug 19, 2013
Section: K-12
On Saturday, August 17, 2013, the Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program (BEMP) science coordinator, Jennifer Schuetz, based at the UNM Department of Biology, was featured on the KUNM Children’s Hour

Connecting New Mexico Children with University Biologists
Published: Aug 19, 2013
Section: Education News
On Saturday, August 17, 2013, the Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program (BEMP) science coordinator, Jennifer Schuetz, based at the UNM Department of Biology, was featured on the KUNM Children’s Hour

New NSF publication highlights role of Critical Zone Observatories
Published: Jul 12, 2013
Section: NSF News
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has just published an online report called Discoveries in the Critical Zone (CZO): Where Life Meets Rock, which details the important role Cri

LTER to have large footprint at ESA
Published: Jul 11, 2013
Section: Network News
The Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network will once again be very well represented at the 98th annual meeting

Harvard Forest study says changing atmosphere affecting trees’ water needs
Published: Jul 10, 2013
Section: Site News
Scientists have long predicted that plants would begin to use water more efficiently—that is lose less water during photosynthesis—as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rose.

NSF discovery article features CAP study of urban head islands
Published: Jun 23, 2013
Section: Site News
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
Section: Site News
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

‘Golden Oldies’ lead LTER into the blogosphere
Published: May 26, 2013
Section: Network News
Everyone seems to be blogging these days except LTER scientists (see, for example, the LTER graduate students’ blog, http://long

Terra magazine profiles Andrews LTER PI Michael Nelson
Published: May 10, 2013
Section: Network News
The current issue of Oregon State University’sTerra Magazine has a

Andrews scientist and partners pen op-ed about predators and prey in the NYT
Published: May 9, 2013
Section: Network News
Michael P. Nelson, the Principal Investigator of H.J.

KOB TV story recalls Hantavirus discovery 20 years ago
Published: Apr 25, 2013
Section: Network News
A story about Hantavirus on KOB TV  in Albuquerque, NM, the evening of April 24, 2013, featured researcher Marjorie McCo

Science360 Radio interviews focus on LTER
Published: Apr 24, 2013
Section: Network News
The series of interviews with Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) scientists conducted by Science360 Radio to commemorate Earth Day continues with Mark Williams’ research at the Niwot Ridge LTER p

KBS LTER scientists featured in National Geographic Magazine about nitrogen fertilizers
Published: Apr 22, 2013
Section: Site News
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
Section: Site News
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.

NSF Discovery article features Niwot Ridge LTER during Earth Week
Published: Apr 17, 2013
Section: Site News
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released another Discovery series article to commemorate “Earth Week,” 2013.

Luquillo LTER’s Ariel Lugo honored as “Forest Hero”
Published: Apr 16, 2013
Section: Network News
Dr.

Baltimore LTER scientist's work in the news
Published: Apr 8, 2013
Section: Site News
Dr Emma Rosi-Marshall’s work on pharmaceuticals and personal care products in streams is garnering much interest in national and regional science media.  Some of her research is conducted in t

LTER annual report published and available for download
Published: Mar 7, 2013
Section: Network News
The Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network is pleased to announce the publication of the 2012 LTER Annual Report.

2013 LTER mini-symposium to be webcast
Published: Feb 27, 2013
Section: Network News
The 2013 LTER mini-symposium themed on "The Globalization of Long Term Ecological Research" at the National Science Foundation in Washington, DC., on Thursday, February 28, will be broadcasted live
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