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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.
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Long Term Ecological Research Network (United States) @uslter.bsky.social · Jul 31
The publications collected in this month's LTER Network News really demonstrated the wide range of impactful research the LTER does. Here's the list:

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LTER Network News | July 2025
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#ARISSummit2026 call for sessions is now open until 11/21!

The theme of Summit 2026 is “Impact by Design” and will be virtual, March 30-April 1.

Submit your session proposal now: umsystem.infoready4.com#freeformComp...
ARIS Summit 2026 Virtual; March 30-April 1 Call for Proposals We're excited to welcome proposals for the ARIS Summit 2026. ARIS Summit 2026 is seeking these session topics: Designing for Impact Community as Co-Creator Interdisciplinary and Cross-Sector Collaboration Communicating Impact Institutional Impact and Support Submit proposals by 11:59 PM CT November 21, 2025.
October 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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A great opportunity to Join Harvard Forest as a Senior Scientist to lead eddy flux work with your very own towers in a place that is deeply connected to ecosystem ecology!
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harvardforest.bsky.social Harvard Forest @harvardforest.bsky.social · 20d
We're hiring for two full-time, permanent positions: a Senior Scientist (to lead our eddy flux work) and a Director of Administration and Finance. Unfortunately we can't host international visas for these positions. More info here! harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/about/employ...
October 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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JOB ALERT! Do you also love large ecological experiments? Become coordinator of our big new geo-biosphere experiment in @terra-cluster.org. 7-year position! Follow link for details.
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Stellenangebote: Universität Hohenheim
Aktuelle Stellenangebote der Universität Hohenheim.
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October 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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“... those National Science Foundation dollars make it directly into our local communities and economies. Those dollars also directly support many of the natural resources and waterways that hold high value for us.”
New Trout Lake Station (NTL) documentary: www.wpr.org/news/trout-l...
Trout Lake Station documentary highlights impact of Wisconsin research
Station Director Gretchen Gerrish said she hopes the documentary makes clear that federal funding isn’t an abstract concept, but a real investment in local communities.
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October 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Next step in a really nice bit of translational ecology, kick-started by a (very modest) bit of seed funding through the APEAL project (lternet.edu/engaging-com...) @johnbesley.bsky.social
pie-lter.bsky.social Plum Island Ecosystems LTER @pie-lter.bsky.social · Sep 25
Whether predation or poor larval settlement has caused the decline in iconic softshell clams is being studied using recruitment boxes that protect larval and baby clams from predators. Local aquaculture is increasing oyster harvests. Efforts like these can help restore and support the fishery. 4/5
David Kimbro presents a poster done by REU student Lindsey Davies showing results from recruitment box that were harvested mid-season. Bar graphs on the poster show that yes, the boxes had clams! On a table is an example of one of the boxes, and an aquarium holds some predatory crabs.
September 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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New England's famous fisheries rely on tiny but mighty plankton. 😋🎣

That's why scientists keep a close eye on the offshore food web that fuels the region's marine economy through the @nes-lter.bsky.social

📲 Find more reasons we need science—and science needs us: go.whoi.edu/together
September 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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"Useless" and/or "silly" federally-funded research has turned the United States into the world’s leader in science and technology over the past 75 years. Such science is under attack throughout the federally-funded agencies in the United States. More at: www.americanscientist.org/article/%E2%...
The image shows "silly" research (reptile venom, microbes in Yellowstone Park, bee foraging patterns) that actually turned out to be transformational (anti-obesity drugs, DNA testing, and internet algorithms, respectively). From the article "Why are we funding this?": If someone had said, “Who cares how desert lizard venom works? Let’s not fund that research,” we never would have discovered semaglutide, a key component of drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic, which have helped millions of Americans lose weight. If we hadn’t funded research into how bizarre microorganisms thrive in boiling Yellowstone geysers, we never would have discovered the bacterium Thermus aquaticus, whose Taq polymerase enzymes now enable medical tests for countless genetic diseases. If we had decided not to study how bees optimize nectar foraging and distribution among a colony because it sounds silly, we never would have developed an algorithm that allocates internet traffic among computer servers—a technology that powers the $50 billion web-hosting industry.
July 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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New research from Michigan State University, led by agricultural systems scientist Bruno Basso, addresses a major problem in agricultural carbon markets: how to set an accurate starting point, or “baseline,” for measuring climate benefits.

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MSU team develops scalable climate solutions for agricultural carbon markets
MSU scientists develop a scalable, science-based system for agricultural carbon markets that improves climate impact accuracy, builds trust in carbon credits, and supports regenerative farming across ...
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September 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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🏔️❄️ Measuring mountain snowpack at strategically selected hotspots consistently outperforms broader basin-wide mapping in predicting water supply in the western United States.
Team led by Mark Raleigh (Oregon State) includes Karl Rittger (INSTAAR) news.oregonstate.edu/news/targete...
Targeted snow monitoring at hotspots outperforms basin-wide surveys in predicting water supply | Newsroom
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Measuring mountain snowpack at strategically selected hotspots consistently outperforms broader basin-wide mapping in predicting water supply in the western United States, a new…
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September 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Thank you @nhpr.org for sharing this great story from Ari Daniel featuring work by @dartmouthcollege.bsky.social researchers including @mirandazamm.bsky.social. 🧪
nhpr.org New Hampshire Public Radio @nhpr.org · Sep 10
Inside the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in Woodstock, scientists have toiled for over 50 years to build a trove of research about bird habitat and forest ecology.

It's believed to be the longest detailed record of breeding birds anywhere in the nation – and possibly the world.
By listening to these birds for decades, scientists track signs of a changing forest
Scientists tracking the birds in an experimental forest in New Hampshire have also tracked changes in the forest ecosystem over decades.
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September 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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"Changes in natural systems often occur so gradually that they remain undetectable within a human lifetime. Long-term ecological research...distinguishes random fluctuations from systemic shifts and reveals mechanisms that unfold only over extended periods."
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Climate change threatens restoration successes in Lake Piburg
Lake Piburg, a popular alpine lake in the Ötztal region of Tyrol, Austria, has been under scientific observation for 50 years. A newly published study led by Innsbruck ecologist Ruben Sommaruga shows ...
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September 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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📢 Post doc! Want to join our team?

We are looking for 3 post docs in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment, and ecological statistics for a fixed term of 2 years!

Come unravel the drivers and consequences of global change on biodiversity with us!

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3 Post doc positions in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment and ecological statistics
3 Post doc positions in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment and ecological statistics
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September 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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A successful undergraduate research experience (URE) program run through ‪@osuceoas.bsky.social @oregonstate.edu incorporated alternative design features to meet the needs of students who don’t typically have access to time-intensive field or lab-based UREs.

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An Accessible Alternative for Undergraduate Research Experiences - Eos
This program reimagined traditional undergraduate research experiences to lower barriers to participation and support students as they explored the whole arc of scientific research.
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September 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Please spread the words. This is the third annual AP search in our department to extend the junior faculty cohort!
September 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Distinguished scientist (and LTER stalwart) Alan Knapp talks about his long career in research and the evolution of science. source.colostate.edu/the-art-of-r...
The Art of Research: Alan Knapp
CSU University Distinguished Professor and plant ecologist Alan Knapp talks about the value of grasslands and the future of science research.
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September 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Please share broadly: I am looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on a collaborative project on the temporal population genomics of invasive Capeweed (using contemporary and herbarium genomics), with ‪‪@shaky-dingo.bsky.social‬ and colleagues
August 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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LTER's August Community Call call will discuss the APEAL Project's (lnkd.in/gBdEaGV5) approach to thoughtfully and ethically expanding and deepening interaction with local communities.

Engaging Local Communities
August 27, 9 am -10 am PT
Registration open to all, but required (lnkd.in/gCDJSbtv)
August 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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MSU Plant Bio is hiring a new herbarium director! Our herbarium is a wonderful resource on campus and I'm excited to have the opportunity to make it even better by bringing in a new director. Details here: plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
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August 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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✨🍁Now Open! 🍁✨

The application for the Fall 2025 Young Voices of Science Program is now open through Friday, September 5th! Please share with your community!

Application Form: forms.gle/Q7PvvNWQowF9...

🔗No need to be a student to apply!

#science #sciencecommunication #scicomm
August 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Another excellent article by @lyndamapes @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social, this one focused on one of my favorite species - Swainson’s Thrush. So nice to see the HJ Andrews @uslter.bsky.social linked to wintering grounds in Costa Rica. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
August 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Applied & environmental microbial scientists are central to addressing today’s global challenges. Submit your session proposal for the ASM Applied & Environmental Microbiology Meeting at #ASMicrobe 2026 by 2 p.m. ET on Aug. 5. Learn more: asm.social/2wC
August 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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andrewdessler.com Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · Jul 31
🚨 If you're interested in working on a coordinated response to the DOE climate report, please enter your info on this google form 🚨

Please RT this so as many people see it as possible.

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DOE climate report response form
We are collecting names to assemble a writing team to respond to the DOE climate working group report. If you'd like to contribute, enter your info below. At this point, there is no guarantee what we'll do (if anything), but we want to keep our options open by collecting names. If you have any further questions, feel free to email me. We are primarily looking for Ph.D. scientists at universities or government labs in appropriate fields. I realize that this will exclude some qualified people and I apologize, but we felt this was necessary for a variety of reasons.
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August 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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💡Apply for AGU travel grants, travel fellowships and research grants!

📚 These programs provide support for students, helping cover costs and educational expenses associated with attending #AGU25 or participating in early career-building activities.

➡️ Apply by 13 August: buff.ly/RWwTRvl
August 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Are climate models overestimating the role that northern forests play in storing carbon? New @pnas.org research says yes.

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Warming Winters Sabotage Trees’ Carbon Uptake - Eos
In temperate forests, the biomass-building benefits of warmer growing seasons are offset by damaging variability in winter weather—a disparity that climate models may miss.
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July 31, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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The publications collected in this month's LTER Network News really demonstrated the wide range of impactful research the LTER does. Here's the list:

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LTER Network News | July 2025
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July 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM