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In 2011, the McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER enters its fourth funding cycle with several new PIs and a focus on the theme of ecological connectivity.  Building on eighteen years of LTER activity in

Debra Brice from San Marcos middle school was set to go to sea on June 18th, 2011 and examine the processes structuring marine food webs in the California Current Ecosystem (CCE).

Common strategies for effective communication of science

This past April the Baltimore Ecosystem Study LTER held a "Communicating Science " meeting led by Dr. Chris Swan of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and BES PI, Steward Pickett. The meeting was designed to help scientists improve their ability to communicate the outcomes of our science with other members of BES and with the larger world.

By Steward Pickett, BES

Researchers from Santa Barbara Coastal (SBC) and Moorea Coral Reef (MCR) LTER sites recently had the privilege to help make a dream come true for a 17 year old high school student from Baton Rouge, La. Caroline Roy is passionate about marine biology, but what sets her apart from most aspiring scientists is her determined battle against a life threatening illness.

Continued growth of cropland and loss of natural habitat have simplified agricultural landscapes in the Midwest and increased crop pest abundance and insecticide use,

Stephen R. Carpenter, a Lead Principal Investigator at the North Temperate Lakes (NTL) Long Term Ecological Research site and Professor of Zoology and Limnology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been awarded the 2011 Stockholm Water Prize. The Stockholm Prize is the most prestigious prize for outstanding achievement in water-related activities in the world.

William R. Freudenburg, an investigator at the Santa Barbara Coastal (SBC) LTER and the Dehlsen Professor of Environmental Studies at UC Santa Barbara, has passed on.

Dr. Mark M. Brinson, 67, passed away on Monday, January 3, 2011.

Like so many Harvard undergraduates, when Jennifer L. Levye ’11 arrived at Harvard almost four years ago, she was initially set on being pre-med.