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NSF-funded network of programs studying ecological processes operating on decadal-to-century time scales. Interdisciplinary researchers and students generate high-impact, team driven science that builds on deep place-based knowledge.
Hey, that's our PI, Heidi Sosik! And she's just one amongst so many other women on our project making waves in ocean science and engineering! @uslter.bsky.social @urigso.bsky.social #nsf
LTER data synthesis draws on 45 years of experiments and observations across dozens of diverse ecosystems to understand the mechanisms they share.
March 10 @ 10 am PT: lternet.edu/events/2025-...
- how grazing changes ecosystem structure
- connections between above -and below-ground communities
logo with letters CAGED, surrounded by fish, zebra, and bison grazing on their prefrred food.
Thinking of submitting a proposal for synthesis? Get some inspiration from synthesis groups. LTER Community call on Tuesday, March 10 will include presentations from the "consumer absence generates ecological dissimilaity (CAGED)" and "above-below ground" working groups. ucsb.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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LTER has a flurry of opportunities coming up:
1) Site Exchanges (lternet.edu/stories/site...) Deadline: March 16
2) Synthesis Skills for Early Career Researchers (lternet.edu/ssecr/) March 31
3) Request for Synthesis Proposals (lternet.edu/stories/requ...) Deadline: September 16
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Science at Risk: The Urgent Need for Institutional Support of Long-Term Ecological and Evolutionary Research in an Era of Data Manipulation and Disinformation url: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
ESA is now doing regional meetings! Looking for a smaller, more manageable-able, carbon-friendly meetings? This is your chance.
New #NASEM Standing Committee for Earth Observations, Data, and Information Systems - learn more and apply here by March 10! tinyurl.com/3t234yzu Speak up for #oceanscience! 🌊
If you're an early career researcher interested in synthesis science you should apply to the @uslter.bsky.social's Synthesis Skills for Early Career Researchers course! I loved being a SSECR fellow and the program is being offered again this year, albeit with a few changes 📉 lternet.edu/ssecr/
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@caryinstitute.bsky.social
@toolikfieldstation.bsky.social
Site exchanges are open for applications! Join our Wednesday community call to hear about last year's projects (including aquatic and dryland eddy-covariance, bio-optical sensors, and zooplankton imaging systems) and this year's eligibility. Open to potential partners.
lternet.edu/events/site-...
Super interesting work by our Post-Doc, Lucas Medeiros: A Nonequilibrium Framework for Community Responses to Pulse Perturbations - Medeiros - 2026 - Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @whoi.edu @uslter.bsky.social #nsffunded
Huge thanks to collaborators Kristen Davis & Peter Edmunds and to @stanforddoerr.bsky.social, and #MCRLTER + #NSF + @uslter.bsky.social network for long-term support.
Curious about portfolio effects in #marine #ecosystems? Let’s talk!
doi.org/10.1111/ele.70324
Flyer for data jam. Flyer info is available at the linked website.
The Hubbard Brook Forest Data Jam is a juried competition, inviting students, artists, musicians, scientists, and coders to create original works inspired by real long-term forest data from the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. Deadline coming fast!!
data-jam.replit.app
I would strongly encourage those who value the scientific & societal legacies of NCAR to offer feedback by March 13. I would expect, under present circumstances, perspectives from industry partners will be especially critical, though everyone's voice is of course important.
LTERs are great training grounds for the sort of multi-talented researchers that modern ecology needs. We combine multi-disciplinary field experiences with decades of contextual data. @ilter-network.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
View the video of this morning's community call update on the new LTER strategic plan here: youtu.be/TlrjJTX7Fco
Missed this morning's LTER community call? Check out the video on our YouTube channel: lnkd.in/gfq2Z3D9
Diagram of internal LTER collaborations and partner collaborations, including (for example) NEON, Natural Areas Association, Forest Geo, CUAHSI, GBIF, SeaGrant.
Join us tomorrow, January 14, to hear about the new LTER Network roadmap for the coming decade. What are our science priorities and how are we planning to advance them? How can you connect?
Overview and discussion: Wednesday, January 14 at 9 am PT (Noon ET). lternet.edu/events/lter-...
It's winter transect cruise time on the Northeast US Shelf and we're lucky to be heading out on the RV Neil Armstrong next week. Understanding the valuable ecosystem on the shelf and how it responds to change over the long term is such critical work. Funded by NSF. @uslter.bsky.social @whoi.edu
Over 80 Michigan farmers are teaming up w/ @sprunger.bsky.social at @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social to explore the impact different agricultural practices on soil health, ecosystem diversity and crop productivity.
www.grainjournal.com/article/1121...
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The new LTER Network Roadmap lays out Network ambitions for the next 10 years. Join us to learn more. @organization of b
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A new Special Report warns that long-term ecological and evolutionary research faces severe threats, even as these studies become more crucial for addressing issues of broad societal importance, such as biodiversity loss and climate change.
phys.org/news/2026-01...
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Calling students & early career researchers in Arctic science: Want to conduct research at Toolik Field Station? Apply for our 2026 early career Tundra Award!
Awardees receive up to 10 days at Toolik plus access to our science support services. Apply by 15 Feb 2026 at uaf.edu/toolik/outreach/tundra
It is that time of year! Registration is open for Underground Innovations, hosted by MiAA and the @kbslter.bsky.social! This winter meeting for innovative farmers, agricultural and environmental professionals, and more! Join us in Frankenmuth from Feb 4-5, 2026!
lter.kbs.msu.edu/2025/12/unde...
🐝What's the buzz? Find out by perusing our Fall 2025 City Buzz Newsletter! Learn what our researchers & partners have been up to over the past few months through featured blog posts, updates from our Co-Directors, and site news & media mentions.
z.umn.edu/CityBuzzFall25
When you invite a member of the @whoi.edu Comms group to come on a research cruise, you get great video interviews! Check out our latest NES-LTER Team Member Stories on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@nes-lter530... @uslter.bsky.social
Like living in an extraordinarily beautiful place? Excited about world class aquatic research, education, and outreach? Flathead Lake Biological Station is seeking a new Director: apply.interfolio.com/178916
Extract rare earth metals from contaminated Colorado streams?
Diane McKnight & Tom Marchitto are collaborators on a new project seeking to improve water quality while also increasing the domestic supply of raw materials for advanced technologies www.colorado.edu/instaar/2025...