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Media Advisory 11-003
NSF Forum: Understanding Climate Change Through Long-Term Ecological Research
Scientists address climate change effects on ecosystems from grasslands to forests to open ocean
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Scientists at NSF's Niwot Ridge LTER Site, one of 26 such LTER Sites, study climate change.
Credit: Niwot Ridge LTER Site/John W. Marr
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BioCon4 is an LTER experiment to study how plants will respond to climate change.
Credit: NSF LTER Network
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Sevilleta Site: Scientists conduct night-time warming experiments to document climate change.
Credit: NSF Sevilleta LTER Site
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McMurdo Dry Valleys Site: Melting a dive hole in Antarctica to allow for bottom sampling.
Credit: NSF McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER Site
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Harvard Forest Site: Longest-running time-series measurements of forest carbon exchange.
Credit: NSF Harvard Forest LTER Site
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Konza Prairie Site: Rainfall manipulation plots allow observations of precipitation patterns.
Credit: NSF Konza Prairie LTER Site
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