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Network News Fall 2013, Vol. 26 No. 3

The evolution of electronic social media has revolutionized not only how many of us receive and exchange all kinds of information, but also how much and in what form. For instance, many of us now get news from Facebook, Twitter, Google +, and various other websites and blogs. Communicating on these new forums is much different than in the traditional types of media. Information conveyed on these sources can be published by virtually everyone, are accessible to millions almost instantaneously, and are often interactive. Within the realm of science communication, these media sources and information repositories can become powerful tools if used appropriately.

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Network News Fall 2013, Vol. 26 No. 3

Long-Term Trends in Ecological Systems: A Basis for Understanding Responses to Global Change is now available FREE to anyone interested in viewing trends in long-term ecological data from diverse ecological sites. The writing style, background information, and large number of color photos, maps, and graphs allow users across a range of expertise to understand the information, and to use that information for within-site and cross-site comparisons. This book and its accompanying website (http://www.ecotrends.info) are products of the EcoTrends Project, a major collaborative effort involving scientists, students, and staff from all Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites, the LTER Network Office, and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.

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Network News Fall 2013, Vol. 26 No. 3

There were lots of handshakes, hugs, and talk about science, ecology, and climate change during the first Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Site Communicators Training Workshop at the LTER Network Office in Albuquerque, NM, earlier this summer. It was a milestone event that brought together participants from at least 17 LTER sites and the Network Office.

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The Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network will once again be very well represented at the 98th annual meeting

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Network News Summer 2013, Vol. 26 No. 2

Six ecological research institutions representing four Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites in the northeastern United States have joined forces to create the Science Policy Exchange.

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Network News Summer 2013, Vol. 26 No. 2

The Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network is in the implementation phase of the Integrated Science for Society and Environment (ISSE) initiative, a 10-year plan to promote socio-ecological r

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Network News Summer 2013, Vol. 26 No. 2

A comprehensive site “field guide” can be a useful way of keeping track of all the organisms identified at a Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site and an important resource for students and new

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Everyone seems to be blogging these days except LTER scientists (see, for example, the LTER graduate students’ blog, http://long

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The current issue of Oregon State University’sTerra Magazine has a

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Michael P. Nelson, the Principal Investigator of H.J.