<div dir="ltr"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:35px;text-align:center"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;max-width:100%"><img width="680" height="148" src="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/LTER-Network-news-2019-scaled-2010x437.png" alt="" style="outline:0px;box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;vertical-align:top;max-width:100%;height:auto"></div></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:35px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;text-align:right"><span>April</span> 2020</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px">LTER <span>Network</span> <span>News</span> is a forum for sharing <span>news</span> and activities from across the LTER <span>Network</span>. This is our water cooler. If you have personnel changes, new grants, or cross-<span>Network</span> activities that might interest your LTER colleagues, please send them along to <a href="mailto:weiss@nceas.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">weiss@nceas.ucsb.edu</a>.</em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><b style="font-style:normal"><font color="#0b5394" size="4">ANNOUNCEMENTS</font></b></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">This</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Friday, April 24</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline">, the LTER Network Office is hosting its first</span><a href="https://lternet.edu/stories/lter-virtual-career-panel-series/" style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Virtual Career Panel webinar</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline"> featuring panelists from NGOs and government agencies. We invite LTER graduate and REU students and other early career researchers interested in learning about non-academic careers to join in. Two more panels are planned for May and June, featuring data scientists, communicators, science policy specialists, and more. <a href="https://lternet.edu/stories/lter-virtual-career-panel-series/" target="_blank">More details here</a>. </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A highlight of the annual LTER Science Council meeting is a series of 5-minute talks from each site. Together, they provide a condensed survey of the wide variety of science that LTER investigators are pursuing. We had to move the Science Council meeting online this year, which was a disappointment, but it also allows us to open those talks up to a broader audience. Please join us for LTER site talks: </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>May 5, 6, and 7, 2020</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> at 10 am - Noon PT. Register here: </span><a href="https://ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fSd7zJ39T52jcayyoaTebg" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Webinar Registration - Zoom</span></a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><span id="m_146660024616892096m_6930484921018097632m_3349260192434819570m_7738354522745197035m_7432856561125201487m_6049253250166128781m_5660367242543574025m_-8999800719192859243gmail-docs-internal-guid-45e367e8-7fff-49dd-512a-d41fbcf12036"><br></span></em></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The LTER Network Office collaborated on a blog published this month in ESA’s Ecotone, titled </span><a href="https://www.esa.org/esablog/guest-posts/ecology-and-covid-19-1-to-go-or-not-to-go-in-the-field/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ecology and COVID-19 #1: To go or not to go (in the field)?</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> We hope it provides a bit of guidance and perspective for those LTER researchers having to make hard decisions about whether to continue fieldwork during the covid-19 pandemic. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The LNO is also curating a list of </span><a href="https://lternet.edu/k-12-education/remote-learning-resources/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">LTER-related virtual resources</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for educators, parents, and students to aid in online learning. If your site has an education resource you’d like us to add to this webpage, please email </span><a href="mailto:weiss@nceas.ucsb.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">weiss@nceas.ucsb.edu</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large;white-space:normal">AROUND THE NETWORK</b></span></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Congratulations to the LTER researchers named as </span><a href="https://www.esa.org/esablog/ecology-in-the-news/news-events/esa-announces-2020-fellows/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ecological Society of America Fellows</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for 2020! New fellows include <b>Serita Frey</b> and <b>Gary Lovett</b> (Hubbard Brook LTER), <b>Lauren Hallett</b> (Niwot Ridge LTER), <b>Meghan Avolio</b> (Konza Prairie LTER), and <b>Knute Nadelhoffer</b> (Harvard Forest, Arctic LTERs). </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Congratulations to</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Lydia Zeglin</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> of Konza Prairie LTER who </span><a href="https://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/2020-03/career33020.html" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">received an NSF CAREER award</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to measure interactions between prairie grazers and soil microbes, and to </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Catalina Segura</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> of Andrews Forest LTER who </span><a href="https://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/news/segura-career-award" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">received a CAREER award</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to support her research on the temporal-spatial variability of rainfall-runoff generation in headwater streams. </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Congratulations as well to the many graduate students across LTER sites awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. We are so proud of our graduate student community!</span><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><b style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large">SAVE THE DATES<br></b><i>LTER Committee Meetings and LTER-related events are available for your reference at any time on the </i><a href="https://lternet.edu/home/lter-network-calendar/" target="_blank"><i>LTER <span>Network</span> Calendar.</i></a><i> </i></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/learning-hub/short-course" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">Reproducible Research Techniques for Synthesis</a></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Taught in partnership with DataONE, this five-day immersion into widely adopted R-based tools for open science will help participants stay abreast of current best practices and initiatives and begin acquiring data science skills to maximize productivity, share data with the scientific community, and benefit from the re-use of their data by others. <b>August 17-21, 2020</b>. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 30pt"> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span id="m_146660024616892096m_6930484921018097632m_3349260192434819570m_7738354522745197035m_7432856561125201487m_6049253250166128781m_5660367242543574025m_-8999800719192859243gmail-docs-internal-guid-6150b6be-7fff-da7d-b3c0-aadb1bfb3172"><a href="https://arcticdata.io/upcoming-data-science-training-for-arctic-researchers/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Data Science Training for Arctic Researchers</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Applications are due </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">April 24th</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for this 5-day all-expenses paid workshop provided by the Arctic Data Center. The October workshop will provide an overview of best data management practices, data science tools and concrete steps and methods for more easily documenting and uploading data to the Arctic Data Center.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><b style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large">RECENT PRESS</b></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;font-weight:700;white-space:pre-wrap">From the National Science Foundation</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=300262" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hidden source of carbon found on the Arctic coast</span></a></p></li></ul><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Other media</span></h3><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00924-6" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How COVID-19 could ruin weather forecasts and climate records</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | Nature News</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2020/04/field-research-interrupted-how-the-covid-19-crisis-is-stalling-science/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Field research, interrupted: How the COVID-19 crisis is stalling science</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | MongaBay</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.cpr.org/2020/03/26/from-research-in-hyperspeed-to-canceled-expeditions-academic-scientists-adjust-to-a-new-pace-under-coronavirus/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">From Research In Hyperspeed To Canceled Expeditions, Academic Scientists Adjust To A New Pace Under Coronavirus</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | CPR News</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.iowapublicradio.org/post/prairie-research-could-help-farming-become-more-resilient-sustainable#stream/0" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Prairie Research Could Help Farming Become More Resilient, Sustainable</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | Iowa Public Radio</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/science-canceled-coronavirus-180974449/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How Scientists Are Keeping Irreplaceable Research Going During the COVID-19 Pandemic</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | Smithsonian</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.greenbiz.com/article/higher-co2-levels-make-plants-less-nutritious-and-hurt-insect-populations" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Higher CO2 levels make plants less nutritious and hurt insect populations</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | GreenBiz</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.deltawindonline.com/features/researcher-discovers-method-for-detecting-tiny-ocean-organisms/article_4203c9e2-6666-11ea-8922-072cd7b9219d.html" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Researcher discovers method for detecting tiny ocean organisms</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | Delta Wind</span></p></li></ul><div><br></div><div><br></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><b style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large">PAPERS OF INTEREST</b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span id="m_146660024616892096m_6930484921018097632m_3349260192434819570m_7738354522745197035m_7432856561125201487m_6049253250166128781m_5660367242543574025m_-8999800719192859243gmail-docs-internal-guid-650345bd-7fff-be42-fcfa-bf5fdaf1d441"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The </span><a href="https://lternet.edu/bibliography/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">most recent LTER-related papers</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> are available on the LTER Network web site and the full Network bibliography is available at the LTER Network </span><a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/2055673/lter_network/items" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Zotero Group Library</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Listed here is just a small sampling of the 30-40 LTER related papers that are published each month.</span></span><b style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large"><br></b></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/117/13/7271" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nutrient dilution and climate cycles underlie declines in a dominant insect herbivore</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | PNAS</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10460-020-10030-y" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How farmers "repair" the industrial agricultural system</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | Agriculture and Human Values</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01944363.2020.1715824" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Do Neighborhood Walkability, Transit, and Parks Relate to Residents’ Life Satisfaction?</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | Journal of the American Planning Association</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2020GB006552" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Patterns and Drivers of Carbon Dioxide Concentrations in Aquatic Ecosystems of the Arctic Coastal Tundra</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | Global Biogeochemical Cycles</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/708808?mobileUi=0&journalCode=fws" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">When the rainforest dries: Drought effects on a montane tropical stream ecosystem in Puerto Rico</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | Freshwater Science</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antarctic-science/article/gis-tool-to-predict-photosynthetically-active-radiation-in-a-dry-valley/BD0BE4FF6A8F3DAAF32D698797287078" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">GIS tool to predict photosynthetically active radiation in a Dry Valley</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | Antarctic Science</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00027-020-0716-2" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nowhere to swim: interspecific responses of prairie stream fishes in isolated pools during severe drought</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | Aquatic Sciences</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/fee.2194" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Deciphering the past to inform the future: preparing for the next (“really big”) extreme event</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecy.3057" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Contrasting effects of plant diversity on β‐ and γ‐diversity of grassland invertebrates</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | Ecology</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gcb.15080?fbclid=IwAR1wV5zq8U8Npgn5f8MQ1l_lfQw1XVS9Occ5KOwpeZ6AVuSgGcv5aL58fU4" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Long‐term research avoids spurious and misleading trends in sustainability attributes of no‐till</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | Global Change Biology</span></p></li></ul><div><b style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large"><br></b></div><div><b style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large">JOBS, GRADUATE, AND UNDERGRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES</b></div><div><b style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large"><br></b></div><div><span id="m_146660024616892096m_6930484921018097632m_3349260192434819570m_7738354522745197035m_7432856561125201487m_6049253250166128781m_5660367242543574025m_-8999800719192859243gmail-docs-internal-guid-9a69dd71-7fff-e772-e3df-a84e3c664dcc"><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Lead-Limnology-Technician/25207" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lead Limnology Technician</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  |  Niwot Ridge LTER, University of Colorado</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://patricklab.weebly.com/opportunities.html" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Post-Doctoral Researcher (2 positions)</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | Coastal and Estuarine Ecology Lab, Virginia Institute of Marine SciencE</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.neonscience.org/opportunities/careers/neon-postdoctoral-fellows" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NEON Postdoctoral Fellows </span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">| Boulder, CO</span></p></li></ul><div><b style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large"><br></b></div><div><b style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large">FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES</b><br></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div></span></div><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505752&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NSF Signals in the Soil (SitS)</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. This program encourages convergent research that transforms existing capabilities in understanding dynamic soil processes, including soil formation, through advances in sensor systems and modeling, Full proposals due: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">May 20, 2020</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505786&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Navigating the New Arctic Community Office  (NNA-CO)</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. An NNA community office is required to coordinate the activities of funded NNA projects; engage new PIs; and promote research, education, and outreach activities. Proposals due: July 10, 2020.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505679&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NSF INCLUDES Planning Grants Solicitation (19-600)</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. These grants support planning efforts necessary to build capacity to establish future centers, alliances, or other large-scale networks endeavoring to address a broadening participation challenge in STEM at scale. Proposals due: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">July 13, 2020</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5517&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Research Experiences for Undergraduates  (REU)</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the National Science Foundation. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program. Proposals due: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">August 26, 2020</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505656&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">International Research Experiences for Students  (IRES)</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. This program supports international research and research-related activities for U.S. science and engineering students. IRES focuses on active research participation by undergraduate or graduate students in high quality international research, education and professional development experiences in NSF-funded research areas. Proposals due: Track I, IRES Sites: September 8, 2020; Track-II, Advanced Studies Institutes: September 15, 2020; Track - III, New Concepts in International Graduate Experience: September 22, 2020.</span></p></li></ul><b style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#0b5394" size="4"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><b style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#0b5394" size="4"><br></font></b></div>TWITTER PICS OF THE MONTH</font></b><br><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span id="m_146660024616892096m_6930484921018097632m_3349260192434819570m_7738354522745197035m_7432856561125201487gmail-docs-internal-guid-e5ac930d-7fff-e1e5-298b-75e1e1fa83bd"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We’ve appreciated the many landscape images posted by LTER sites over the past month to remind us of the beauty and diversity of our field sites waiting for us when we can return to our regular field research.</span></span><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span id="m_146660024616892096m_6930484921018097632m_3349260192434819570m_7738354522745197035m_7432856561125201487m_6049253250166128781m_5660367242543574025m_-8999800719192859243gmail-docs-internal-guid-b5c41967-7fff-9c6d-96da-8a1993e03c56"><span style="font-size:17pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;wh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