[LTER-luq] Fwd: The Puerto Rico warming experiment has begun!

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Subject: The Puerto Rico warming experiment has begun!

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

It is our great joy to let you know that the Puerto Rico warming experiment treatments have begun! When we think back to the very first meeting in Albuquerque, where we discussed ideas of how to improve our understanding of climate change effects in tropical forests, I don't think Sasha, Molly, or I realized the amount of work it would take to get a warming experiment of this magnitude off the ground.  It turns out you have to be an engineer, an electrician, a construction manager, a safety expert as well as a scientist! We are so grateful to all of you for the insight, advice and support that you have provided over the past 7 years, and we hope that our na?ve willingness to take on such a task will pay off with a much improved understanding of these critical ecosystems!!

With so much hard work behind us (and yet to come), we are very excited to let you know that we are already collecting beautiful data and that the start of the experiment was covered by The Guardian!

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/17/global-warming-experiment-turns-up-the-heat-in-puerto-rican-artificial-forest

We look forward to working with you as this research continues, and thank you again for your invaluable encouragement and support.

Sincerely,

Tana, Sasha, and Molly

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Tana E. Wood, PhD
Research Ecologist

Forest Service
International Institute of Tropical Forestry

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