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All Scientists Meeting Announcements
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The All Scientists' Meeting is just weeks away!
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Choose your workshops for the LTER All Scientists' Meeting!
The great lineup of workshops and discussions at the ASM are all available on our online meeting app, Sched. We encourage you to visit the app and start building your schedule now.
You will need to create an account on Sched ("sign up" in the upper right-hand corner) in order to build your personal schedule.
By signing up for workshops in advance:
1) You will be able to receive materials that workshop organizers want to share with you ahead of the meeting. Several workshop organizers have put together short surveys or readings that will allow the discussions to go much deeper than would otherwise be possible. By selecting the workshop in advance, you'll ensure you receive the materials and can participate fully!
2) You will help us know which workshops are most popular, so that we can assign them to the largest rooms, avoiding overcrowding and improving everyone's experience.
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Virtual poster submissions are now open!
To allow everyone to present their science at this year's ASM despite limited space, we're hosting a virtual poster session in addition to the in-person session.
Virtual poster presenters should have just received an email with submission instructions. If you have not received an email, submit the title and authors via this form and we'll send instructions.
We also highly recommend that participants submit a recorded poster presentation along with their virtual poster. See a how-to video on our YouTube page.
For those presenting in-person posters, we also recommend uploading the PDF to our virtual platform. Visitors will be able to view the posters for up to a year, making the virtual session a convenient way to share your research. For questions or troubleshooting, please contact the network office.
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 Just one day left to submit photos to our photo contest!
We've had many great submissions from all over the LTER during the two-month photo contest period, but there's still time to participate! The contest is open to anyone in the LTER, and there are prizes for winners, decided by a panel of judges and announced at the All Scientists Meeting in September. There's even a special grad student category! Submit your photos at the photo contest homepage.
Submissions due August 31, 11:59 pm PT
At least one person had trouble submitting photos last week, but the problem is resolved for those that need to try again!
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 Researchers synthesize 40-years of LTER data to show how climate change affects ecosystems
In a special issue of BioScience, five articles show how LTER data reveals the effects of climate change on different ecosystems. Find the links to the articles below.
and a special reflections article:
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'What to expect' events for early career researchers (ECRs) headed to Antarctica in the 2022-2023 season, sponsored by PSECCO.
Read more & register for the events below:
If you’re not headed to Antarctica, but know someone who is—please forward these events their way. PSECCO wants to reach as many new Antarctic investigators as possible. Building a network of known, reliable people can be paramount to any remote fieldwork expedition.
Feel free to reach out to psecco@colorado.edu with any questions about the events!
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 The Hurricane Ecosystem Response Synthesis working group seeks additional members
The HERS-RCN (Hurricane Ecosystem Response Synthesis – Research Coordination Network) Working Group is recruiting members. The working group is led in part by several PI's across the LTER. The focus of the second working group is data synthesis and conceptual investigations that align with the theme ‘Understanding the roles of biodiversity and ecological evolutionary traits on ecosystem responses to extreme storm events’.
Application Deadline: September 2, 2022
APPLY HERE for a spot within the working group.
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 ILTER Meeting in Serbia, 2023
Please see the notice below or information at this link. The ILTER is holding an in-person, 3-day science conference in Serbia in association with the ILTER Coordinating Committee meeting. This will be a smaller, friendlier science meeting replacing the Open Science Meeting, which has been re-scheduled for Kunming, China in 2023. Lots of opportunity for developing new collaborations internationally. We strongly encourage participation by US LTER scientists!
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LTER Committee Meetings and LTER-related events are available for your reference at any time on the LTER Network Calendar.
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DEIA Resource of the Month
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 Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Open Data in Environmental Sciences
This is an evolving reading list geared towards understanding the ethical concerns and best practices of data collection, management, and analysis, especially as it pertains to working with Indigenous peoples and environmental science and management. Created by UCSB graduate student Phoebe Racine, with help from collaborators Natasha Haycock-Chavez (NCEAS, Arctic Data Center), Nākoa Farrant (UCSB), Ben Halpern (NCEAS) and Matt Jones (NCEAS, EDI). See the reading list here >>
DEIA Resource of the month is brought to you by the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Contact Committee chair Nameer Baker (nameerbaker@gmail.com) for additional information.
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Urban ponds help amphibians thrive in cities
by Tim Ohlert
Though urban ponds are designed as infrastructure for humans, they have also become critical habitat for urban amphibians in Madison Wisconsin, home of the North Temperate Lakes LTER. Read more>>
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A Forest of Sensors
by Gabriel De La Rosa
The next fronteir for the Andrews Forest? The treetops. Bolstered by a robust sensor network, researchers at Andrews look up to understand how microclimates, climate change, and species interactions affect habitats far above the forest floor. Read more >> |
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DataBits: AWS Lightsail with RStudio Server
by Mary Marek-Spartz
Large GIS operations often stretch personal computers, but don't require supercomputers. Here's a way to run them via a remote server. Read more >>
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LTER Postdoc Joan Dudney received a faculty position at UCSB, where she will split time between the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management and the Environmental Studies department. Congratulations, we know you'll thrive!
North Temperate Lakes LTER researcher Grace Wilkinson received an ESA Early Career Fellow award, and Arctic LTER's Matthew Wallenstein was elected an ESA Fellow. Congratulations!
Kellogg Biological Station lead PI Nick Haddad published a book on rare butterflies, which you can find at this link. We're excited to give it a read!
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LTER Publications of Interest
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The 40 years of LTER-related papers are available on the LTER Network website and can now be easily searched by site, author, keyword, and publication type. The full Network bibliography is also available at the LTER Network Zotero Group Library. Follow this public group for regular updates. |
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Postdoctoral Fellow Opportunities
Research and Career Opportunities
Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Education Opportunities
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Social Media of the Month
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It's all about research methods for our Social Media of the Month in August. First, Andrew Corso shares an incredible picture of an antarctic icefish. This would be a great shot for our photo contest, don't you think? And small scale LiDAR to measure trees? The future is now!
Until next time, and excited to see many of you at the ASM in a few weeks!
Remember to tag us on twitter at @USLTER for retweets and possible features! And give @lter_community a follow on Instagram!
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