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 application period for the Fall 2026 Young Voices of Science Program runs Wednesday, August 19th to Friday, September 4th. No need to be a student to apply! The Young Voices of Science program consists of a series of expert-led workshops, each designed to prepare and empower science scholars to share their knowledge, concerns, and… […]
- The International LTER Network (ILTER) has opened the first-stage call for its first globally coordinated research activity, which will bring together official ILTER sites in a shared ecological study. Teams from within or outside the ILTER network are invited to propose a scientifically meaningful topic and a simple, standardized protocol that can be implemented across… […]
- The 4th ILTER Open Science Meeting (OSM), themed “Unity in Diversity: Celebrating Long-term Resilience Across Connected Ecosystems and People,” will take place March 8-12, 2027, in Bariloche, Argentina. Co-hosted by the University of Buenos Aires, INTECOL, and other Argentinian partners, this flagship event will bring together the global ILTER community to exchange knowledge and strengthen… […]
- The Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network Office seeks proposals for synthesis working groups that incorporate LTER data (accessible at https://edirepository.org/) and science. Two to four groups will be funded to meet three times over two years at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) and will receive dedicated support from an LTER data… […]
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 application period for the Fall 2026 Young Voices of Science Program runs Wednesday, August 19th to Friday, September 4th. No need to be a student to apply! The Young Voices of Science program consists of a series of expert-led workshops, each designed to prepare and empower science scholars to share their knowledge, concerns, and… […]
- The International LTER Network (ILTER) has opened the first-stage call for its first globally coordinated research activity, which will bring together official ILTER sites in a shared ecological study. Teams from within or outside the ILTER network are invited to propose a scientifically meaningful topic and a simple, standardized protocol that can be implemented across… […]
- The 4th ILTER Open Science Meeting (OSM), themed “Unity in Diversity: Celebrating Long-term Resilience Across Connected Ecosystems and People,” will take place March 8-12, 2027, in Bariloche, Argentina. Co-hosted by the University of Buenos Aires, INTECOL, and other Argentinian partners, this flagship event will bring together the global ILTER community to exchange knowledge and strengthen… […]
- The Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network Office seeks proposals for synthesis working groups that incorporate LTER data (accessible at https://edirepository.org/) and science. Two to four groups will be funded to meet three times over two years at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) and will receive dedicated support from an LTER data… […]
- 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.