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News Release 16-140
NSF-funded scientists to present on long-term ecological research findings at AGU fall meeting
Research topics range from kelp forest changes and life in ice to Midwest rainfall and crops
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Climate change is affecting the giant kelp ecosystem at the NSF Santa Barbara Coastal LTER site.
Credit: Stuart Halewood
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Scientists are conducting research on life in bogs and under ice at NSF's Bonanza Creek LTER site.
Credit: Jeremy Jones
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View of an NSF Kellogg Biological Station LTER experiment to test how crops respond to nitrogen.
Credit: K. Stepnitz, MSU
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Winter at NSF's Harvard Forest LTER site, where forest ecosystem studies are taking place.
Credit: David Foster/ NSF Harvard Forest LTER Site
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Mangroves in Florida's Shark River before a cold snap hit the Florida Coastal Everglades LTER site.
Credit: Jennifer Rehage
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A research tower at NSF's Plum Island Ecosystems LTER site. The tower measures salt marsh carbon dioxide.
Credit: Inke Forbrich, MBL
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