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Media Advisory 12-002
NSF Forum: The Challenge of a Sustainable Future: Long-Term Ecological Research Offers New Answers
Scientists address sustainability of agriculture; urban water systems; indigenous villages; marine environments
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![Illustration of a red-winged blackbird.](/news/mmg/media/images/lter1_f3.jpg)
Sustainability at NSF's Bonanza Creek LTER site in Alaska. Artwork by Karen Franzen.
Credit: Karen Franzen
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![Map showing NSF's Long-Term Ecological Research sites.](/news/mmg/media/images/lter2_f3.jpg)
NSF's Long-Term Ecological Research sites criss-cross the globe from pole to pole.
Credit: NSF LTER Network Office
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![the Moorea Coral Reef LTER Site.](/news/mmg/media/images/lter3_f2.jpg)
Resilience in locations such as NSF's Moorea Coral Reef LTER Site is critical to sustainability.
Credit: NSF Moorea Coral Reef LTER Site
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![NSF's Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER site.](/news/mmg/media/images/lter4_f2.jpg)
Research on landscapes and vulnerability at NSF's Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER site.
Credit: NSF Central Arizona Phoenix LTER Site
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![NSF's Luquillo LTER site.](/news/mmg/media/images/lter5_f2.jpg)
Urban sustainability knowledge-action systems are a focus at NSF's Luquillo LTER site.
Credit: NSF Luquillo LTER Site
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![NSF's Kellogg Biological Station LTER site.](/news/mmg/media/images/lter6_f1.jpg)
Scientists at NSF's Kellogg Biological Station LTER site studying agricultural sustainability.
Credit: NSF Kellogg Biological Station LTER Site
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