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Media Advisory 13-001
NSF Forum: The Globalization of Long Term Ecological Research
Scientists conduct long-term studies of Earth's ecosystems through international collaborations
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![Fire moves through grasslands at NSF's Konza Prairie LTER Site in Kansas](/news/mmg/media/images/lter1_f4.jpg)
LTER Artwork: Fire moves through grasslands at NSF's Konza Prairie LTER Site in Kansas.
Credit: Edward Sturr, Prairie Light Studio
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![Map showing NSF's LTER networkin US.](/news/mmg/media/images/lter2_f_v.jpg)
NSF's LTER network spans ecosystems from mountains to deserts to prairies and beyond.
Credit: NSF LTER Network
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![LTER Site in New Mexico](/news/mmg/media/images/lter3_f3.jpg)
Scientists at the Sevilleta LTER Site in New Mexico conduct research in a cold desert biome.
Credit: NSF Sevilleta LTER Site
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![a view of the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER Site.](/news/mmg/media/images/lter4_f_v.jpg)
Where land meets sea: a view of the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER Site.
Credit: NSF Virginia Coast Reserve LTER Site
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![Researcher at Antarctica's Dry Valleys LTER Site, with tent and equipment](/news/mmg/media/images/lter5_f3.jpg)
Research at Antarctica's Dry Valleys LTER Site takes place in a cold, cold climate.
Credit: NSF McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER Site
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![green fields at the Kellogg Biological Station LTER Site.](/news/mmg/media/images/lter6_f2.jpg)
Agroecological research at the Kellogg Biological Station LTER Site has international partners.
Credit: NSF Kellogg Biological Station LTER Site
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