Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
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The goal of the Plum Island Ecosystems LTER is to predict the long-term effects of sea level rise, climate change, and human impacts on the health of estuaries worldwide
Do you work with lobster? Have a research question?! This call is for YOU! Details below. ⬇️
Maine Sea Grant@maineseagrant.bsky.social · 2mo agoGet hep with your proposal: 🦞 Info Webinar: June 16, 12 PM 🦞 Drop-in Zoom Consultations: June 22 at 3 PM & June 30 at 10 AM Full RFP, application links & examples of funded projects: northeastseagrant.com/initiatives/american-lobster-initiative
Happy #WorldSaltmarshDay! We💙saltmarshes for providing habitat for many species, protecting coasts from flooding, storing carbon, protecting adjacent waterways. They are also amazing, beautiful ecosystems for studying carbon and nutrient cycling. @uslter.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social
As many know, there was a massive fire at USF CMS. The building held offices, labs, equipment, etc and is a total loss. We are most concerned about the finanpcial losses of our students. Please consider donating to the official go fund me supporting our graduate students.
Donate to USF Marine Science: Fire Recovery Support, organized by Bella Iannotta
On Saturday, May 2nd the University of South Florida Marine Science Lab (MSL)… Bella Iannotta needs your support for USF Marine Science: Fire Recovery Support
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Happy #EarthDay! Did you know MBL scientists have been studying salt marshes for over four decades? Here's a peek into their research
Today for #EarthWeek, we are highlighting how MBL scientists study some of the most serious threats to coastal ecosystems: eutrophication and hypoxia/anoxia.
On the last day of MBL's #EarthWeek, we highlight how researchers in Mirta Teichberg’s lab are working to improve seagrass restoration efforts as these plants are rapidly disappearing across Cape Cod.
Mindful on #EarthDay that the things we do have downstream effects, literally true regarding coastal marshes and estuaries -beautiful buffers between land and sea provide storm protection, habitat, disproportionate carbon storage - that without care we risk losing. #EveryDayisEarthDay.
Today for #EarthWeek, we’re highlighting an ongoing 36-year study on forest soil warming. Jerry Melillo and a team of scientists began this experiment in 1991, and it is now the longest running projects of its kind.
Happy #EarthWeek! The Marine Biological Laboratory is highlighting initiatives from the Ecosystem Center that exist to advance sustainable solutions for managing and restoring ecosystems. Today, we highlight the Ocean Flux Program.
Opening for an Information Manager to lead data management for the Virginia Coast Reserve Long Term Ecological Research Project (VCR LTER), based at the University of Virginia. MS- or PhD-level position with the expectation of long-term support. @uslter.bsky.social jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
Research Scientist in Environmental Sciences Sciences in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Research at University of Virginia
Apply for Research Scientist in Environmental Sciences Sciences job with University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. Research at University of Virginia
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Congratulations! to Camila Silva for successfully defending her MS thesis: "Exploring Heterotrophic Nitrogen Fixation as a Source of Nitrogen in the Marshes of Plum Island Sound Estuary, MA". Supervised by Nat Weston at Villanova, Camila also served as a PIE grad student rep. @uslter.bsky.social
Summer 2026 Research Experience for Undergraduate at PIE-LTER applications open! Do research in a beautiful saltmarsh, maybe get a little wet and muddy, work with great folks, learn a lot, and present your project @mblscience.bsky.social #REU #NSF @uslter.bsky.social www.mbl.edu/education/in....
Director of the Environmental Institute, Karen McGlathery, reflects on two days of discussions around world-class research in sustainability, resilience, and environmental change. environment.virginia.edu/news/environ...
Environmental Futures Forum 2025: Director's Thoughts
Director of the Environmental Institute, Karen McGlathery, reflects on two days of discussions around world-class research in sustainability, resilience, and environmental change.
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In November 2024, after two growing seasons of treatments, you can really see the effect of #nitrogen fertilization in our field plots at North Inlet-Winyah Bay, SC! We are testing the effect of ammonium vs. nitrate inputs on #saltmarsh plant and microbe responses.
During National Estuaries Week, we're reflecting on our blue carbon work & the role of coastal ecosystems in storing carbon. Check out our blog with Dr. Matthew Costa @mangrovematt.bsky.social: buff.ly/8qHDj5A #NationalEstuariesWeek #CommunicationSkills #SciComm #SciPol #StrategicMessaging
Since 2023, we (@bowenlab.bsky.social, @randallhughes.bsky.social) have been testing how nitrogen inputs affect #saltmarsh plants, microbes, and carbon and nitrogen cycling, @pie-lter.bsky.social in Massachusetts and at North Inlet Winyah Bay NERR in South Carolina.
Fun Trails and Sails event this week showcasing new work centered on how estuary and shellfish health are intertwined and the need for people to foster both. We always get engaged attendees from the local community and make great new connections! 1/5 trailsandsails.org
Multiple ecology faculty positions at @notredame.bsky.social. Apply at apply.interfolio.com/171650. (1/2). 🌎🌐🧪
2026 OCB Activity Proposal Solicitation now open until Oct 24 - spread the word! www.us-ocb.org/science-supp... @nacp-carbon.bsky.social @usclivar.bsky.social @ccspo.bsky.social @solas-ipo.bsky.social 🌊
How do we measure #denitrification in our #saltmarsh ammonium and nitrate treatment plots at @pie-lter.bsky.social? Anne Giblin and Jane Tucker from @mblscience.bsky.social bring the lab into the field for this in situ "push-pull" denitrification measurement.
Do you work on #ocean #sustainability? Are you interested in protecting and conserving the ocean? submit your research to our journal Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability #MarineEcology #Research #Science @frontiersin.bsky.social www.frontiersin.org/journals/oce...
Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability
A multidisciplinary journal bridging environmental, social and economic fields to advance solutions which enable the sustainable use of the world’s oceans
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New paper! from Aiyin Zhang, Gil Pontius & colleagues describing a new method to map and quantify gross rather than net patch dynamics in a landscape, demonstrated for PIE marsh and pond change over 2 time intervals spanning 75 yrs @clarkuniversity.bsky.social @uslter.bsky.social #NSF rdcu.be/evcei
DynamicPATCH: method and software for spatially explicit dynamic patch transition characterization
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Our #NSF grant, supporting a fruitful collaboration with the @cissyballen.bsky.social Lab, was terminated, along with over 1,600 others. We describe the impact of this loss in a press release here. datanuggets.org/2025/06/nsf-...
Comparative Metabolism and Blue Carbon Sequestration of Two Wetland-Dominated Estuaries spj.science.org/doi/full/10....
Comparative Metabolism and Blue Carbon Sequestration of Two Wetland-Dominated Estuaries | Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research
Coastal tidal wetlands and estuaries play important roles in the global carbon budget by contributing to the net withdrawal of CO2 from the atmosphere. We quantified the linkages between terrestrial a...
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#PlanktonInOurMidst #artsience now @mblscience.bsky.social exhibit center-gift shop, celebrating plankton through art by Krisanne Baker, plus slide show and science panels from Liz Cunningham, OceanFluxProgram, BLE-LTER, us, and others from MBL Ecosystems Center www.lizcunningham.net/plankton-in-...
Thanks! There were great talks, demonstrating the impact of Ecosystems Center for 5 decades thru its research & legacy of alums, addressing environmental issues from many angles and in cross-disciplinary collaboration, with #NSFfunded #LTERs often at the core enabling vital long term data collection
Long Term Ecological Research Network (United States)@uslter.bsky.social · last yr.Happy 50th anniversary to the MBL Ecosystems Center long-time home of @pie-lter.bsky.social, @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social Arctic LTER, and @harvardforest.bsky.social LTER. So sorry to miss the party! @mblscience.bsky.social
A new analysis from the MBL presents evidence that accelerating sea level rise may hamper salt marsh plants’ ability to use nitrogen, a nutrient crucial for their growth 🌱 Read more: bit.ly/3Gwazce 📷 Daniel Cojanu
Rising Seas Impair Salt Marsh Growth in Response to Nitrogen Supply, Global Study Finds | Marine Biological Laboratory
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Interested in careers outside academia? Next Wednesday, May 7, at 10 PT— Join our Career Forum to learn what folks do with a science degree—from tribal work to consulting. Put on with CESU! Check it out below, and register at the link! lternet.edu/events/91881/
Synthesis Skills for Early Career Researchers (SSECR) Final Symposium lternet.edu/events/synth...
Synthesis Skills for Early Career Researchers (SSECR) Final Symposium - LTER
May 22, 2025 @ 10:00 am-12:00 pm - Learn about the 4 synthesis projects developed in LTER's new Synthesis Skills for Early Career Researchers Course. Carbon cycling responses across spatiotemporal sca...
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