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NSF: NSF-funded scientists to present on long-term ecological research findings at AGU fall meeting .- Científicos financiados por la NSF para presentar los resultados de investigaciones ecológicas a largo plazo en la reunión de otoño de AGU

https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=190316&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click
Research topics range from kelp forest changes and life in ice to Midwest rainfall and crops

Climate change is affecting the giant kelp ecosystem at the NSF Santa Barbara Coastal LTER site.

Climate change is affecting the giant kelp ecosystem at the NSF Santa Barbara Coastal LTER site.
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November 15, 2016
Climate change effects on the U.S. West Coast's undersea kelp forests. Life in ice. Extreme rainfall patterns and how they affect Midwest crops. These are just a few of the topics scientists affiliated with the National Science Foundation (NSF) Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network will discuss at the upcoming American Geophysical Union (AGU) fall meeting, Dec. 12-16.
Scientists funded by NSF's Geosciences and Biological Sciences directorates conducted research at two dozen NSF LTER sites around the world in ecosystems ranging from deserts and grasslands to coral reefs and Arctic tundra. LTER researchers work to identify the factors driving future environmental change, and to map potential ecosystem responses that could result.
Presentations at AGU will address social and ecological change; ecosystem vulnerability, resilience and adaptability; and why long-term data are essential to understanding and predicting future responses to natural and human-caused environmental changes.
For example, scientists at the Kellogg Biological Station LTER site in Michigan conducted a multi-year experiment to look at how extreme rainfall patterns affect nitrogen leaching from row-crop ecosystems in the upper Midwest, and to what extent tillage (the preparation of land for growing crops) might moderate these effects. As global surface temperatures rise, rainfall in heavy storm events is increasing in many areas, including the U.S. Midwest, a major agricultural region. That may result in changes in nutrients in soils, especially in agricultural ecosystems.
Links to this and other NSF LTER presentations at AGU are listed below. The meeting will be held in San Francisco. For more on the NSF LTER Network, please see NSF LTER Network and NSF LTER Discovery Article Series.
Monday, Dec. 12
Tuesday, Dec. 13
Wednesday, Dec. 14
Thursday, Dec. 15
Friday, Dec. 16
 
Media Contacts Cheryl Dybas, NSF, (703) 292-7734, cdybas@nsf.gov
Peter West, NSF (Polar Regions LTER Sites), (703) 292-7530, pwest@nsf.gov
Marty Downs, LTER Network Office, (805) 893-7549, downs@nceas.ucsb.edu
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Scientists are conducting research on life in bogs and under ice at NSF's Bonanza Creek LTER site.
Scientists are conducting research on life in bogs and under ice at NSF's Bonanza Creek LTER site.
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View of an NSF Kellogg Biological Station LTER experiment to test how crops respond to nitrogen.
View of an NSF Kellogg Biological Station LTER experiment to test how crops respond to nitrogen.
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Winter at NSF's Harvard Forest LTER site, where forest ecosystem studies are taking place.
Winter at NSF's Harvard Forest LTER site, where forest ecosystem studies are taking place.
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Mangroves in Florida's Shark River before a cold snap hit the Florida Coastal Everglades LTER site.
Mangroves in Florida's Shark River before a cold snap hit the Florida Coastal Everglades LTER site.
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A research tower at NSF's Plum Island Ecosystems LTER site; it measures salt marsh carbon dioxide.
A research tower at NSF's Plum Island Ecosystems LTER site; it measures salt marsh carbon dioxide.
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