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Long Term Ecological Research Network (United States)
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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 · 7d
LTER's December Community call will be purely social. Bring your beverage of choice and connect with colleagues across the network. We'll include options for online games, topical conversations, and random chatting.
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Community Call: Winter Social - LTER
December 18, 2025 @ 12:00 pm-1:00 pm -
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Congratulations! to Camila Silva for successfully defending her MS thesis: "Exploring Heterotrophic Nitrogen Fixation as a Source of Nitrogen in the Marshes of Plum Island Sound Estuary, MA". Supervised by Nat Weston at Villanova, Camila also served as a PIE grad student rep.
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Camila stands next to her thesis defense title slide, which reads: Something Doesn't Add Up: Exploring Biological Nitrogen Fixation as a Source of Nitrogen in Marshes of the Plum Island Sound Estuary, MA Camila standing on the marsh with fellow Weston lab members Tenley Ransom, Paris Baker, and Erin Johnson, on a sunny day out taking sediment core samples; Erin is holding a Russian peat corer
December 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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The Arctic LTER is looking for a new Information Manager. Great team. Fun science - and a chance to deploy to the North Slope of Alaska, if that’s something that floats your boat. lternet.edu/opportunitie...
The Kuparuk River, North Slope, AK - View from Helicopter Site:Arctic Photographer: Lindsay VanFossen
December 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Flagging the upcoming webinar (Dec 18) on updates to the NSF review process. Note that it will *not* be recorded and made available later.

Register here: nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...
Webinar Registration - Zoom
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December 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Summer 2026 Research Experience for Undergraduate at PIE-LTER applications open! Do research in a beautiful saltmarsh, maybe get a little wet and muddy, work with great folks, learn a lot, and present your project @mblscience.bsky.social
#REU #NSF @uslter.bsky.social www.mbl.edu/education/in....
December 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Nice to see this making the rounds today. The climate community on Bluesky has come a long way since we first put all these together.
December 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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📣Did you miss today's GSBI Speaks webinar?

No worries! You can find it here, along with all of our previous webinars on our Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuer...
The Ecology of Soil: From Communities to Ecosystems
YouTube video by Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative
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December 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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We're proud to announce our 2025 Annual Award recipients! Each of these individuals inspires us with their dedication and belief that caring for natural areas is both a responsibility and a calling. Learn more: bit.ly/48HWzXf
December 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Build your skills, your network, and your career as an ecologist! @harvardforest.bsky.social
Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology lternet.edu/opportunitie...
Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology - LTER
The Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology is an immersive research experience, connecting undergraduate students to mentors and researchers in the pursuit of scientific inquiry. Each year,...
lternet.edu
December 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
uslter.bsky.social
Machine Learning Challenge Hackathon. Are you a learning-by-doing type? Try out your burgeoning machine learning skills (and learn from others) at the 2025 NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution Machine Learning Challenge: December 18. Registration open now.

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HDR ML Challenge Online Hackathon
This event will start with an introduction to the Codabench platform and presentations on each of the three benchmarks used for this year's challenge. All the remaining time will be dedicated to team ...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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On a recent blustery day, NWT LTER researchers took Isabella Escobedo, a reporter from KUNC, up Niwot Ridge to cover our ongoing alpine warming experiment. Check out Isabella's story that came out yesterday!

www.kunc.org/kunc/2025-12...
How an experiment in the mountains could reveal the future of alpine plants
As temperatures increase and snowpack declines, many alpine plants are at risk of extinction. Though adapted to harsh environments, the rate of change occurring in the mountains is concerning for rese...
www.kunc.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Congratulations to the awesome Liz Schultheis!
kbslter.bsky.social KBS LTER @kbslter.bsky.social · 10d
Education & Outreach Coordinator, Liz Schultheis, awarded Sound Science Fellowship from @ncse.bsky.social. Fellows will enhance K-12 education by identifying and resolving common misconceptions and conduct research to develop best practices for science education.

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NCSE welcomes second cohort of Sound Science Fellows | National Center for Science Education
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December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
uslter.bsky.social
LTER's December Community call will be purely social. Bring your beverage of choice and connect with colleagues across the network. We'll include options for online games, topical conversations, and random chatting.
lternet.edu/events/winte...
Community Call: Winter Social - LTER
December 18, 2025 @ 12:00 pm-1:00 pm -
lternet.edu
December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
uslter.bsky.social
Summer opportunities are starting to appear now for REUs and undergrad interns at LTER sites (first up, Cedar Creek) and for seasonal technicians at NEON field sites. Follow LTER here and on LinkedIn for fastest notice of new opportunities.
lternet.edu/opportunitie...
jobs.battelle.org/us/en/neon
Field technicians working in experimental grassland plots.
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Congratulations to @kbslter.bsky.social scientist, Bruno Basso, on receiving the prestigious Soil Science Research Award from the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), one of the highest honors for advancing scientific knowledge in the field.

www.canr.msu.edu/news/msu-res...
MSU researcher honored with prestigious Soil Science Research Award
MSU AgBioResearch scientist Bruno Basso was recently awarded the Soil Science Research Award from the Soil Science Society of America.
www.canr.msu.edu
November 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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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 · Oct 21
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
uslter.bsky.social
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.

msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/07...
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 ...
msutoday.msu.edu
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.
www.nhpr.org
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."
phys.org/news/2025-09...
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 ...
phys.org
September 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM