<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">June 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"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><b style="font-style:normal"><font color="#0b5394" size="4"><br></font></b></em></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"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><span><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></span></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><span id="m_6446572031479164603gmail-docs-internal-guid-8e7f0749-7fff-55f0-91b4-08feca0ad66b"><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">The LTER Network Office has curated a </span><a href="https://lternet.edu/network-organization/diversity-resources/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">list of anti-racism resources & actions</span></a><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"> focused on ecology and academia. We hope this provides a jumping off point for individuals, programs, and departments actively working to promote diversity and inclusion in science. If you have resources to add, please email </span><a href="mailto:dows@nceas.ucsb.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">dows@nceas.ucsb.edu</span></a><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">. You can also read our </span><a href="https://lternet.edu/stories/message-from-the-lter-executive-board-on-recent-events/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">full statement</span></a><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"> in support of racial equality in academia and beyond.</span></span><b style="font-style:normal"><font color="#0b5394" size="4"><br></font></b></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><span><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></span></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><b style="font-style:normal"><font color="#0b5394" size="4">Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Resources of the Month</font></b></em><span><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></span></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><b style="font-style:normal"><font color="#0b5394" size="4"><br></font></b></em></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><span id="m_6446572031479164603gmail-docs-internal-guid-d0ad0c5c-7fff-e7de-24fe-6a079d536102"><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">As the reinvigorated </span><a href="https://lternet.edu/committees/diversity-committee/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee</span></a><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"> expands network-wide activities, we’ll be highlighting a new diversity resource in this space each month.</span></span><b style="font-style:normal"><font color="#0b5394" size="4"><br></font></b></em></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><span><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></span></em></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><span id="m_6446572031479164603gmail-docs-internal-guid-5154fb66-7fff-116e-0265-cf91f1e13cb4"><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">The ADVANCEGeo partnership has curated a valuable </span><a href="https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">list of resources</span></a><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"> to help the research community implement diversity and inclusion practices in the field, lab, and virtual spaces. The site includes advice on drafting codes of conduct, responding to hostile behaviors, recognizing bias, reporting harassment, and more.</span></span><span><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></span></em></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><span><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></span></em></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><font color="#0b5394" size="4"><b>LTER Graduate Student Spotlight</b></font> </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">This month we feature a Q&A with </span><a href="https://lternet.edu/stories/lter-graduate-student-spotlight-allison-swartz/" 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">Allison Swartz</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">, a grad student representative from H.J. Andrews Experimental forest who studies the connection between forest canopy structure and aquatic ecosystem processes. Be sure to also check out the latest submissions to the </span><a href="https://ssalter.blog/" 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 Grad Student blog</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"> and posts from grad student takeovers on our </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/lter_community/" 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 Instagram account</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"><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"><em style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;white-space:normal;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 <span>NETWORK</span></b></span></em><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="background-color:transparent;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"><span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></span></span></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="background-color:transparent;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"><span id="m_6446572031479164603gmail-docs-internal-guid-9d65bd42-7fff-748b-afd4-60bea1275098"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Congratulations to Andrew Myers of </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Kellogg Biological Station LTER</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, who won </span><a href="https://academic.oup.com/insect-science/pages/ee-and-jee-award-winners" 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">this year’s Reviewers’ Choice first runner-up paper</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> in the journal Environmental Entomology for the paper “Habitat Type Influences Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Oviposition and Egg Survival on Asclepias syriaca (Gentianales: Apocynaceae)”.</span></span></span></em><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="background-color:transparent;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"><span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></span></span></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="background-color:transparent;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"><span id="m_6446572031479164603gmail-docs-internal-guid-e6fe524c-7fff-b59c-b154-d64b83649992"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Baltimore Ecosystem Study LTER</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">’s </span><a href="https://baltimoreecosystemstudy.org/balto-brief-v2/" 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">Director’s Blog</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> features stories this month from guest bloggers Dr. Charles Nilon and Dr. Ela-Sita Carpenter about birding while Black in Baltimore. BES LTER also hosted a </span><a href="https://baltimoreecosystemstudy.org/2020/06/19/congratulations-to-our-2020-data-jam-winners/" 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">virtual Data Jam</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> with the theme Accessible Science.</span></span><span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></span></span></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="background-color:transparent;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"><span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></span></span></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="background-color:transparent;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"><span id="m_6446572031479164603gmail-docs-internal-guid-9eb16667-7fff-da30-b763-31bc647fda6c"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Alaska Ocean Acidification Network </span><a href="https://aoos.org/alaska-ocean-acidification-network/scientist-interview-arley-hurley/" 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">recently interviewed Arley Muth</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, a </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems LTER</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> scientist working on the Boulder Patch area east of Prudhoe Bay to study seasonal levels of pH among other ecological questions. </span></span></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">A new </span><a href="https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1867/about?v=1" 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">college-level lesson plan</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"> created by </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">Harvard Forest LTER</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"> Research Associate Meghan MacLean uses the </span><a href="https://newenglandlandscapes.org/" 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">New England Landscape Futures Explorer too</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">l to help students explore the connections between land-use decisions and land-cover change into the future.</span></p><br><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="background-color:transparent;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="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal;color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large">SAVE THE DATES<br></b><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;white-space:normal">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/" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;white-space:normal" target="_blank"><i>LTER <span>Network</span> Calendar.</i></a><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;white-space:normal"> </i><span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></span></span></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="background-color:transparent;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"><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;white-space:normal"><br></i></span></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="background-color:transparent;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"><span id="m_6446572031479164603gmail-docs-internal-guid-a396bf73-7fff-1732-3a6b-2437db95a62d"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Friday, June 26th</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, the LTER Network Office is hosting our third </span><a href="https://lternet.edu/stories/lter-virtual-career-panel-series/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;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="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> featuring panelists in science communication and outreach professions. We invite LTER graduate and REU students and other early career researchers interested in learning about careers outside of traditional academia to join!</span></span><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;white-space:normal"><br></i></span></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="background-color:transparent;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"><span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></span></span></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="background-color:transparent;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"><span id="m_6446572031479164603gmail-docs-internal-guid-6d249f29-7fff-410d-4eae-2662bcc2de83"><a href="https://www.esa.org/saltlake/" 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">Ecological Society of America 2020 Annual Meeting (Virtual)</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, August 3-6, 2020. ESA’s meeting theme this year is harnessing the ecological data revolution. Stay tuned for a list of LTER sessions, presentations and other events connected to the meeting.</span></span><span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></span></span></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="background-color:transparent;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"><span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></span></span></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="background-color:transparent;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"><span id="m_6446572031479164603gmail-docs-internal-guid-6d78bd13-7fff-704c-cdae-405b928d4624"><a href="https://www.2020sacnas.org/" 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">National Diversity in STEM Conference</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, October 22-24, 2020, hosted by the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). </span><a href="http://www.2020sacnas.org/research-presentations/" 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">Student research presentation applications</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> due July 10, 2020.</span></span><span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></span></span></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><em style="background-color:transparent;box-sizing:border-box;marg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ite-space:pre-wrap">'We have one Earth': Researchers Work To Boost Farm Production Without Causing More Harm</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"> | WVIK</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;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:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.cpr.org/show-segment/pandemic-disrupts-colorado-based-research-in-antarctica/" 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">Pandemic Disrupts Colorado-Based Research In Antarctica</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"> | Colorado Public Radio</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;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:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://thebulletin.org/2020/05/shorter-warmer-winters-less-snow-what-next-qa-with-biologist-pamela-templer/" 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">Shorter, warmer winters, less snow. What next?</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"> | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;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:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.terrain.org/2020/lter/bonanza-creek-alaska/" 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">Long-term Ecological Reflections: Art + Science at Bonanza Creek, Alaska</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"> | Terrain </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;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:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.moorea.news.ucsb.edu/" style="background-color:transparent;font-size:13pt;white-space:pre-wrap;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">Mo'orea: Coral Reef Research in Paradise</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline"> | The Current</span></p></li></ul><div><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></div><div><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal;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="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span id="m_6446572031479164603gmail-m_-3359923460171540204m_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 <span>Network</span> web site and the full <span>Network</span> bibliography is available at the LTER <span>Network</span> </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></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span><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></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-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00440-3" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Accounting for Carbon Flux to Mycorrhizal Fungi May Resolve Discrepancies in Forest Carbon Budgets</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  |  Ecosystems</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-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gcb.15146" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Microbial processing of plant remains is co‐limited by multiple nutrients in global grasslands</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | Global Change Biology</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-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720313516" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Strong mineralogic control of soil organic matter composition in response to nutrient addition across diverse grassland sites</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | Science of the Total 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-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JG005158" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Decreased Soil Organic Matter in a Long‐Term Soil Warming Experiment Lowers Soil Water Holding Capacity and Affects Soil Thermal and Hydrological Buffering</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  |  JGR Biogeoscience</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-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2019JF005341" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Seepage Erosion in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico, Relict Landscapes</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | JGR Earth Landscapes</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-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2019.00181/full" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">LINX I and II: Lessons Learned and Emerging Questions</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  |  </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,17,17);background-color:rgb(250,250,250);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Frontiers in Environmental 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-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecy.3095" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Growing-season length and soil microbes influence the performance of a generalist bunchgrass beyond its current range</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;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-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b07718" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lakes at Risk of Chloride Contamination</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | Environmental Science & Technology</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-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.3129" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Factors shaping alternate successional trajectories in burned black spruce forests of Alaska</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | Ecosphere</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-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016703720303082" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent;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">Distribution of n-alkanes and their delta H-2 and delta C-13 values in typical plants along a terrestrial-coastal-oceanic gradient</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"> | Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta</span></p></li></ul><div><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><b style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large">JOBS, GRADUATE, AND UNDERGRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES</b></div><br></div><div><span id="m_6446572031479164603gmail-docs-internal-guid-d827b778-7fff-8a44-05ca-9901e9261697"><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;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:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://hr.peoplesoft.nau.edu/psp/ph92prta/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?FOCUS=Applicant&Siteid=1&FolderPath=PORTAL_ROOT_OBJECT.HC_HRS_CE_GBL2&IsFolder=false&IgnoreParamTempl=FolderPath%2cIsFolder" 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">Postdoctoral Research Position in ecological modelling</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"> (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Job ID: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">604696)</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"> |  Northern Arizona University, with some work at Sevilleta LTER</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;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:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.louthanlab.com/join-the-lab.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">Graduate Student Position in population and community ecology</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"> | Kansas State University and Konza LTER</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;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:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://apply.interfolio.com/76582" style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:small;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">Postdoctoral Research Position in ecosystem science</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline"> | Arizona State University and Jornada LTER</span></p></li></ul><div><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><b style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large">FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES</b><br></div><br></div><div><span id="m_6446572031479164603gmail-docs-internal-guid-439192db-7fff-d762-b1f5-0af8c26ed67c"><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;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:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503214&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">Faculty Early Career Development Program  (CAREER)</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">. Full proposal due: August 11, 2020</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;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:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505772&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">Coastlines and People Hubs for Research and Broadening Participation (CoPe)</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">. Letter of Intent due: August 10, 2020. Full Proposal due: September 9, 2020</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;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:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505790&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">Disaster Resilience Research Grants  (DRRG)</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">. Letter of Intent due: August 14, 2020. Full proposal due: September 15 2020</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;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:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11696&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">Biological Oceanography</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">, </span><a href="https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11698&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">Chemical Oceanography</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"> and </span><a href="https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12729&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">Physical Oceanography</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">. Full proposal due: August 17, 2020</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;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:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://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">. Full proposal due: August 26, 2020</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;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:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503144&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 Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships</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">. Full proposal due: September 9, 2020</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;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:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505730&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">Science of Science: Discovery, Communication, and Impact</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">. Full proposal due: September 9, 2020</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;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:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund" style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:small;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">ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline">. Letter of Intent due: November 3, 2020</span></p></li></ul><div><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></div><div><b style="background-color:transparent"><font color="#0b5394" size="4">TWITTER PICS OF THE MONTH</font></b><br><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span id="m_6446572031479164603gmail-docs-internal-guid-38e7a082-7fff-3633-db1a-234688cc921a"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This month, as some LTER researchers made their way back into the field, lab, or just the outdoors, Jane Tucker and Eric Seabloom went the extra mile in protection and style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