[LTER-All-lter] LTER Network News | 2018 December

[Marty Downs]

December 2018

*LTER Network News is a forum for sharing news and activities from across
the LTER Network. This is our water cooler. If you have personnel changes,
new grants, cross-Network activities that might interest your LTER
colleagues, please send them along to weiss at nceas.lternet.edu
<weiss at nceas.lternet.edu>. *

*If you have recently accepted publications to share, email cdybas at nsf.gov
<cdybas at nsf.gov>.*
LTER at AGU

Several LTER sites are presenting research at next week’s Annual AGU
meeting. Be sure to check out the full list of LTER talks and posters
<https://lternet.edu/stories/lter-at-agu-2018/> and show support for our
Network colleagues.
Save the Dates

2019 LTER Science Council Meeting: the 2019 Meeting of the LTER Science
Council will be the week of May 14, 2019. Additional details coming soon.

2019 ILTER Open Science Meeting <http://www.ilter-2019-leipzig.de/>. The
International Long Term Ecological Research Network 2nd Open Science
Meeting will be held 2–6 September 2019 at the Helmholz Centre for
Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig, Germany.
Recent Press

   - Scientists to present new long-term ecological research findings at
   fall American Geophysical Union meeting
   <https://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=297215> | NSF
   - Rare and diverse giant viruses unexpectedly found in a forest soil
   ecosystem
   <http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/rare-and-diverse-giant-viruses> |
   UMass Amherst
   - NSF renews three-decade coastal research program with $6.7 million
   grant
   <https://news.virginia.edu/content/nsf-renews-three-decade-coastal-research-program-67-million-grant>
|
   UVA Today
   - Why this invasive plant has a shot at some redemption
   <http://www.wbur.org/news/2018/11/27/phragmites-salt-marsh> | WBUR

Papers of Interest

   - Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome
   <http://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=WOS&search_mode=AdvancedSearch&qid=1&SID=5FZ5gFChSzIg6iOVaE4&page=4&doc=38&excludeEventConfig=ExcludeIfReload>
   - Can we detect ecosystem critical transitions and signals of changing
   resilience from paleo-ecological records?
   <http://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=WOS&search_mode=AdvancedSearch&qid=1&SID=5FZ5gFChSzIg6iOVaE4&page=5&doc=41&excludeEventConfig=ExcludeIfReload>
   - Negotiating local versus global needs in the International Long Term
   Ecological Research Network’s socio-ecological research agenda
   <http://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=WOS&search_mode=AdvancedSearch&qid=1&SID=5FZ5gFChSzIg6iOVaE4&page=5&doc=43&excludeEventConfig=ExcludeIfReload>

Committees and Interest Groups

Several LTER committees and interest groups are experiencing a surge of
activity in the wake of  the LTER All Scientists’ Meeting. Participation is
entirely voluntary, but if you are interested in the following issues and
activities, please reach out to the listed contact people for more
information:

Cross-site REU proposal team: A group of investigators and REU coordinators
are looking at developing a proposal for a cross-site REU program. Sam
Norlin (norlin at nceas.ucsb.edu) is coordinating interest

Diversity Committee: Interested in helping develop a set of resources and
best practices to apply across the Network? Alan Berkowitz (
berkowitza at caryinstitute.org) co-chairs this committee.

International LTER Committee: Are you involved in international research or
have ideas about how to expand international connections? Mark Watkins (
Mark.Watkins at asu.edu) is coordinating interest.

Communications Committee: Clarisse Hart (hart3 at fas.harvard.edu) and Julie
Doll (jedoll at msu.edu) chair this committee that is building a community of
practice among LTER communicators and investigators.
Around the Network

New AAAS Fellows! Congrats to  Katie Suding of Niwot Ridge LTER
<https://www.colorado.edu/today/2018/11/27/2-professors-named-aaas-fellows-2018>
, Bill McDowell of Luquillo LTER
<https://www.unh.edu/unhtoday/news/release/2018/11/27/unh-professor-awarded-honor-2018-aaas-fellow>,
and Craig Carlson of Mo’orea Coral Reef LTER
<http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2018/019274/research-pioneers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Read%20More&utm_campaign=December%204%2C%202018>
for
being named as 2018 AAAS Elected Fellows. This lifetime award honors their
extraordinary achievements in advancing science. Did we miss you? Please
drop us a line.

*LTER on social media: *Like the LTER Facebook page
<https://www.facebook.com/uslter> or join private Facebook groups to
continue the conversations from the ASM: Education
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/LTER.education>; Graduate Students
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/LTER.graduate/>; Communications and
Outreach <https://www.facebook.com/groups/LTER.Communications/>.  Follow LTER
on Twitter <https://twitter.com/USLTER> for the most current updates. And
keep an eye out for the LTER community Instagram account, coming soon!
Announcements

UFERN Webinar: The Undergraduate Field Experiences Research Network (UFERN)
is pleased to announce a new webinar series focused on 21st-century field
education. The 2nd webinar in this series on December 12th at 10 am PST,
and will feature Dr. Alison Jolley (AJ), Science Teaching and Learning
Fellow/Lecturer at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Jolley will
present “Can’t beat it on a good day: Investigating student experiences on
field trips with different instructors and variable weather.” Click here to
register <https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xnyjDmmfSS22aOdH1Zk_gg> for
the live webinar on December 12. For additional information about upcoming
webinars or to register for the listserv, visit http://ufern.net/.

EGU 2019 Abstracts: The EGU 2019 General Assembly (April 7-12, Vienna
Austria) call for abstracts is now open. You are encouraged to submit an
abstract
<https://egu2019.eu/abstracts_and_programme/how_to_submit_an_abstract.html> to
the session on “Hydrochory and biotic transport in streams and open channels
<https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/sessionprogramme/HS#s31640>”
(HS10.9). The deadline for abstract submission is 10 January 2019.

NSF DEB Working Group: You are invited to apply for a spot in an NSF DEB
Ecosystems funded data synthesis working group titled, “Ecosystem Responses
to Hurricanes Synthesis Workshop,” to take place in Corpus Christi, TX on
April 28th – May 1st, 2019. The working group will bring together
scientists and practitioners studying recent the impacts of recent
hurricanes.

   - Information on working group goals and organizers
   <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v7AH6zTPe1Q1kQ9J_168FnWvAD40OTnQOYezyramxn0/edit?usp=sharing>
   - Workshop application form
<https://goo.gl/forms/Jtm7bI0b2f0UHZBu1>. Deadline:
   December 21, 2018

Jobs and graduate opportunities

   - Quantitative Forest Biologist
   <https://lternet.edu/opportunities/quantitative-forest-ecologist-washington-state-university-asst-professor/>,
   Washing State University, Asst Professor
   - PhD Assistantship in Arctic Estuarine Ecology
   <https://lternet.edu/opportunities/ph-d-assistantship-in-arctic-estuarine-ecology/>,
   University of Texas
   - LTER Postdoc in Coastal Food Web Ecology
   <https://lternet.edu/opportunities/lter-postdoc-coastal-food-web-ecology/>,
   Florida International University
   - Director, Santa Cruz Island Reserve
   <https://lternet.edu/opportunities/director-uc-santa-barbara-santa-cruz-island-reserve/>,
   UC Santa Barbara

Funding Opportunities

Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems (CNH2)
<https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19528/nsf19528.htm>: The CNH2 Program
supports research projects that advance basic scientific understanding of
integrated socio-environmental systems and the complex interactions
(dynamics, processes, and feedbacks) within and among the environmental
(biological, physical and chemical) and human (“socio”) (economic, social,
political, or behavioral) components of such a system. Letter of Intent
(required): December 17, 2018; full proposal: February 14, 2019.

Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network
Collaborations (AccelNet):
<https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19501/nsf19501.htm> The goals of the
Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network
Collaborations (AccelNet) program are to accelerate the process of
scientific discovery and prepare the next generation of U.S. researchers
for multiteam international collaborations.  The AccelNet program supports
strategic linkages among U.S. research networks and complementary networks
abroad that will leverage research and educational resources to tackle
grand scientific challenges that require significant coordinated
international efforts. Letter of Intent: December 21, 2018; full
proposal: February
28, 2019.

Powell Center Call for Proposals: Powell Center Working group proposals
<https://powellcenter.usgs.gov/proposals> are due January 31, 2019. The
Powell Center seeks projects that address development and testing of
important Earth system science ideas and theories using existing data,
cutting-edge analysis of Earth system information, and use of sound science
in policy and management decisions.

Macrosystems Biology and NEON-Enabled Science  (MSB-NES)
<https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19538/nsf19538.htm>. Research on
Biological Systems at Regional to Continental Scales program will support
quantitative, interdisciplinary, systems-oriented research on biosphere
processes and their complex interactions with climate, land use, and
invasive species at regional to continental scales as well as training
activities to enable groups to conduct Macrosystems Biology and
NEON-Enabled Science research. Full proposals: February 25, 2019.

Frontier Research in the Earth Sciences (FRES)
<https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504833&org=NSF>: The FRES
program will support research in Earth systems from its core through the
critical zone. Full proposal target date: February 20, 2019.

-- 
Marty Downs
Deputy Director, LTER Network Communications Office



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