Twenty-eight research sites constitute the LTER Network at present
The geographic distribution of sites ranges from Alaska to Antarctica and from the Caribbean to French Polynesia. It includes agricultural lands, alpine tundra, barrier islands, coastal lagoons, cold and hot deserts, coral reefs, estuaries, forests, freshwater wetlands, grasslands, kelp forests, lakes, open ocean, savannas, streams and urban landscapes.
LTER Network announcements
- The LTER Network always puts in a strong showing at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting and 2026 is no exception. Please use and share our day-by-day list of LTER and related events to find your footing at this fun and approachable meeting. If you don’t see your talk or session listed below, please… […]
- Site exchanges are designed to facilitate between-site comparisons and support the development of cross-site projects. The 2026 awardees exemplify a variety of approaches to such collaboration, including: shared sampling efforts, development and dissemination of new methods, collaboration on shared best practices, and work toward joint publications. The post 2026 Site Exchanges Announced appeared first on […]
- Who doesn’t like getting postcards? Sign up to exchange postcards with someone at another LTER this summer! You’ll receive a postcard from a fellow scientist at another LTER, and send one of your own. This exchange is open to all and the form will remain open until July 10. The post Summer Network-wide Postcard Exchange […]
- This webinar will introduce the NSF-funded Decomposition Across Dtylands (DeAD)project, which combines field experiments, long-term observations, remote sensing and hierarchical modeling to better understand dryland decomposition across scales. The post ILTER Webinar: Resolving and scaling litter decomposition controls from leaf to landscape appeared first on LTER.
LTER events
- October 14, 2026 – 9:00 am-10:00 am (PT) | We'll hear from 2 synthesis groups focusing on resilience in (primarily) grassland systems. One group, "Resilience of Productivity", was funded through the LTER Network Office. The other "Grassland Rocks" is a grad-and postdoc-led group capitalizing on the proximity of three grassland sites. Please join us to […]
- September 9, 2026 – 9:00 am-10:00 am (PT) | Towards Natural Language-based AI Agents for Environmental Data Exploration and Analysis Workflows Dr. Renato J. Figueiredo, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University This presentation will overview techniques that leverage AI multi-agent systems for data exploration and analysis that use environmental data deposited […]
LTER news
- The LTER Network always puts in a strong showing at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting and 2026 is no exception. Please use and share our day-by-day list of LTER and related events to find your footing at this fun and approachable meeting. If you don’t see your talk or session listed below, please… […]
- As wildfires continue to reshape forested landscapes across the western United States, understanding their impact on snowpack and hydrologic systems is increasingly important. The post Studying post-fire Snowpack at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest appeared first on LTER.
- Site exchanges are designed to facilitate between-site comparisons and support the development of cross-site projects. The 2026 awardees exemplify a variety of approaches to such collaboration, including: shared sampling efforts, development and dissemination of new methods, collaboration on shared best practices, and work toward joint publications. The post 2026 Site Exchanges Announced appeared first on […]
- Caroline McCoy's two-years as an ARETS Fellow impacted and expanded her approach to teaching science profoundly. I was inspired to learn more and it was the caddisfly that stole my heart. The caddisfly would end up becoming front and center in the lesson plan I would be writing. The post The caddisfly stole my heart […]
- Doctoral student Shirah Strock will travel from the Virginia Coast Reserve (VCR) LTER to the Santa Barbara Coastal (SBC) LTER. She will receive hands-on training in ViQi, an AI platform used to quantify sessile organism (algae, invertebrate) recruitment from long-term benthic imagery. The post Shirah Strock | Virginia Coast Reserve LTER to Santa Barbara Coastal […]
- Lin Hou, A PhD student at the California Current (CCE) LTER site, will visit the Northeast Shelf (NES) LTER to refine her Imaging Flow Cytobot (IFCB) analysis techniques, drawing on approaches used in the Sosik lab at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The post Vivian (Lin) Hou | California Current LTER to Northeast Shelf LTER appeared […]