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Developing new initiatives linking ecosystem science to environmental policy and practice.
How will Hurricane Melissa impact migratory bird populations at Hubbard Brook and beyond?

New article just out in The Boston Globe featuring Hubbard Brook ornithologists Dick Holmes and Alicia Brunner.

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Another victim of Hurricane Melissa? Migratory songbirds that breed in New England - The Boston Globe
Migratory birds that breed in N.H. spend the winter in the Caribbean islands, which have been ravaged by the storm.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"Night Creatures of Hubbard Brook" Illustration by Raisa Kochmaruk, accompanied by Hubbard Brook Biologist Lynn Christensen's original poetry and narration. Dr. Christensen studies the interactions of large animals in the Hubbard Brook forest.
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Night Creatures of Hubbard Brook
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October 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Just out in PNAS - Been thinking about these three graphs for nearly a decade with a great team of smart colleagues. We finally have a story to tell that makes these interesting observations make sense. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
October 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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In my #ENVSCOMM25-2 class today, students are doing an in-class writing exercise on acid rain by converting a scientific abstract into a compelling story for non-scientists & turning it into a blockbuster movie (!). Abstract is about original research at Hubbard Brook Forest, NH.
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Hubbard BrookEcosystem Study Long-term ecological research in the northern hardwood forest. People We are a multidisciplinary community of scientists, students, technicians, educators, artists, and en...
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October 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Work by the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation is cited in this student doctoral thesis at the Institute for Biodiversity and Freshwater Conservation. Read Science into action: the challenge of effective knowledge exchange in freshwater biodiversity management: bit.ly/46fh0e9 🌐🧪
September 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Black throated green warbler illustration by Raisa Kochmaruk. Created to accompany "Territory Sizes and Patterns of Habitat Use by Forest Birds Over Five Decades: Ideal Free or Ideal Despotic?" @mirandazamm.bsky.social, et. al. 2024. Read the paper in Ecology Letters: bit.ly/4gCwdbD 🧪
September 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Submit an abstract for your Hubbard Brook science to be included in the 2026 BIOGEOMON schedule. Details and submission portal: bit.ly/biogeomon_ab... 🌐🧪
September 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Thank you @newhampshirebulletin.com for covering this important research, including work by @bostonu.bsky.social-based Pam Templer's team at Hubbard Brook.
New Hampshire’s snowpack is shrinking. Researchers are still uncovering the scope of what it means. • New Hampshire Bulletin
New England residents know that snow is disappearing from our landscape, and scientists have proven that climate change is to blame. But the effects of snowpack decline go far beyond what’s visible.
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September 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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You are invited to nominate an impactful dataset most valuable to your research and community to be included in an upcoming commentary published in an AGU journal.

🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/RVRZELs

📆 Nominations are due October 10th!

#AGUPubs #OpenScienceWeek #OpenScience
September 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"Understanding long-term changes in urban forests ultimately requires long-term ecological studies. The importance of such studies was first highlighted by the results of long-term bird monitoring at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest." Read more recently published in Forests: bit.ly/47LdVUa 🧪
September 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Members of the 2025 Bird Crew during an early-summer photo shoot in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. 🧪

Bird data from Hubbard Brook:

🍽️: bit.ly/4n4aHQm

🎶: bit.ly/4mgNhGc

📊: bit.ly/42s32mF
September 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"Our findings indicate persistent structural legacies associated with ice storm disturbance, but declining structural legacies over time may affect interactions with subsequent stressors."

Latest findings from Hubbard Brook artificial ice storm experiments published by @canjforestres.bsky.social 🌐🧪
Trajectories of forest composition, structure, and productivity following an experimental ice storm disturbance
Disturbance creates structural legacies that are important drivers of functional and compositional stability in forested ecosystems. We used an experimental ice storm disturbance to evaluate effects o...
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September 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Thank you @nhpr.org for sharing this great story from Ari Daniel featuring work by @dartmouthcollege.bsky.social researchers including @mirandazamm.bsky.social. 🧪
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
Great story from Kate Dario at @nhpr.org about fall colors includes insights from Hubbard Brook's Amey Bailey.

"Amey Bailey, a forest technician also at Hubbard Brook...described this year as “a perfect storm” of challenges for trees." 🌐🧪
How will this year’s weather impact fall foliage in New Hampshire?
2025 swung from a wet spring to a dry summer. Some scientists say this will make it hard for trees to produce vivid colors.
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September 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Findings from artificial ice storm experiments at Hubbard Brook are cited in this Global Ecology and Biogeography article. "Determining how disturbance-induced changes affect resistance to subsequent disturbances is critical for understanding forest dynamics in the face of global change." 🌐🧪
Structural and Compositional Disturbance Legacies Mediate the Resistance of European Forests to Repeated Disturbances
Aim Climate change is altering forest disturbance regimes across Europe. Structural and species diversity are generally thought to enhance disturbance resistance. However, how disturbances affect st.....
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September 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Turning waste into bioplastics: fiber rejects and acid whey provided sugars and nutrients for E. coli to produce PHB efficiently, reaching 5.2 g/L. This approach cuts feedstock costs while reducing emissions and freshwater. 🧪
Polyhydroxybutyrate production from non-recyclable fiber rejects and acid whey as mixed substrate by recombinant Escherichia coli - Biotechnology for Sustainable Materials
Producing polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) from agro-food processing waste has the potential to mitigate the global synthetic plastic pollution crisis and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, it of...
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September 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Deadline is Friday. Apply today: bit.ly/YVoS_apply
📑 FREE Science Communication Program

✨What: sci-comm training & real-world practice!
✨Who: Graduate, undergraduate students and early-career scientists in environmental (or similar) fields
✨Where: Wherever you are (Zoom!)

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September 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Great coverage of research happening in Hubbard Brook by @mirandazamm.bsky.social, et. al. in this episode of @whimsicallambda.bsky.social! 🧪
2/3 This Ep's guest, PhD candidate Miranda Zammarelli, research is the closest to 🧪 conditions in natural 🌎 - Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest
How #birds adapt to changes in #s & #environment? How well do they share habitat, equally or do the dominant take more 🥧? Ideal #Free or #Ideal #Despotic.
September 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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YVoS Outreach Project Showcase!🌟

✨YVoS Alumn: Taylor Gold Quiros
(Spring 2025)
💻Science Communication Program: @youngvoicesofscience
🍃Organization: @hubbardbrook.research

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September 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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📰 Cutting through market trends: The impact of macroeconomy, Covid-19 pandemic and climate-related disasters costs on wood product prices in North America

✍ Dura, H., Fortin, M., Achim, A. (2025)
📕Can J of For Res (@canjforestres.bsky.social)
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Cutting through market trends: The impact of macroeconomy, Covid-19 pandemic and climate-related disasters costs on wood product prices in North America
The market of wood products is the primary system used to assess the value of timber. Understanding its dynamics could help in forecasting future trends and guiding decision-makers on what and when to...
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August 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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YVoS Outreach Project Showcase!🌟

✨YVoS Alumn: Sinmiloluwa Akande
(Spring 2025)
💻Science Communication Program: @youngvoicesofscience
🍃Organization: @hubbardbrook.research

🔗Apply to our program!

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August 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A great listen for an evening commute. About 30 minutes in total. In this podcast series you'll learn about the Great Old Broads for Wilderness and what brought them to the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. 🧪📻
A Broad View of the Forest - anthology
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August 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Not all street trees make it, but in Worcester, MA two-thirds planted from 2010–2012 are still standing. This new research article draws upon research which includes collaboration from @caryinstitute.bsky.social-based Hubbard Brooker Peter Groffman.
Factors Influencing Establishment and Post-Establishment Residential Yard Tree Survivorship in Worcester, Massachusetts
Background Urban tree planting programs seek to maintain high levels of planted tree survivorship, as ecosystem services are maximized when trees are fully grown. This study examines survivorship for ...
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August 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Learning about how drones are used for research at Hubbard Brook. Part of the summer 2025 Science Night series.

Read about some of this work being done by @unhresearch.bsky.social: bit.ly/4lpmmb3 🧪
August 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thank you @granitegeeknh.bsky.social for including a look at how scientists at Hubbard Brook continue to collect water samples during dry conditions. Read more and subscribe: bit.ly/4n55N5m

📹: @caryinstitute.bsky.social's Tammy Wooster 🧪
August 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM