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Developing new initiatives linking ecosystem science to environmental policy and practice.
How do dead trees that have fallen into streams contribute to carbon storage? UVM-based Hubbard Brook researchers Dr. Stephen Collaer and Dr. Bill Keeton discuss their recent paper in this North Country Public Radio interview.
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UVM research reveals how old, dead trees in ADK streams are a natural climate solution
Researchers from the University of Vermont studied the carbon storage of dead wood in streams in the Adirondacks and New Hampshire.
https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/51552/20250513/uvm-research-reveals-how-old-dead-trees-in-adk-streams-are-a-natural-climate-solution
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How will Hurricane Melissa impact migratory bird populations at Hubbard Brook and beyond? New article just out in The Boston Globe featuring Hubbard Brook ornithologists Dick Holmes and Alicia Brunner.
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Another victim of Hurricane Melissa? Migratory songbirds that breed in New England - The Boston Globe
Migratory birds that breed in N.H. spend the winter in the Caribbean islands, which have been ravaged by the storm.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/metro/nh-songbirds-hurricane-melissa/?p1=BGSearch_Overlay_Results
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"Night Creatures of Hubbard Brook" Illustration by Raisa Kochmaruk, accompanied by Hubbard Brook Biologist Lynn Christensen's original poetry and narration. Dr. Christensen studies the interactions of large animals in the Hubbard Brook forest.
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Night Creatures of Hubbard Brook
YouTube video by Hubbard Brook Research
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Emily Bernhardt
25 days ago
Just out in PNAS - Been thinking about these three graphs for nearly a decade with a great team of smart colleagues. We finally have a story to tell that makes these interesting observations make sense.
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Anthony (Tony) J. Martin
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In my
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Home - Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study
Hubbard BrookEcosystem Study Long-term ecological research in the northern hardwood forest. People We are a multidisciplinary community of scientists, students, technicians, educators, artists, and en...
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Work by the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation is cited in this student doctoral thesis at the Institute for Biodiversity and Freshwater Conservation. Read Science into action: the challenge of effective knowledge exchange in freshwater biodiversity management:
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Black throated green warbler illustration by Raisa Kochmaruk. Created to accompany "Territory Sizes and Patterns of Habitat Use by Forest Birds Over Five Decades: Ideal Free or Ideal Despotic?"
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, et. al. 2024. Read the paper in Ecology Letters:
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Submit an abstract for your Hubbard Brook science to be included in the 2026 BIOGEOMON schedule. Details and submission portal:
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Thank you
@newhampshirebulletin.com
for covering this important research, including work by @bostonu.bsky.social-based Pam Templer's team at Hubbard Brook.
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New Hampshire’s snowpack is shrinking. Researchers are still uncovering the scope of what it means. • New Hampshire Bulletin
New England residents know that snow is disappearing from our landscape, and scientists have proven that climate change is to blame. But the effects of snowpack decline go far beyond what’s visible.
https://bit.ly/4pudu7c
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AGU (American Geophysical Union)
about 2 months ago
You are invited to nominate an impactful dataset most valuable to your research and community to be included in an upcoming commentary published in an AGU journal. 🔗 Learn more:
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📆 Nominations are due October 10th!
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"Understanding long-term changes in urban forests ultimately requires long-term ecological studies. The importance of such studies was first highlighted by the results of long-term bird monitoring at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest." Read more recently published in Forests:
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Members of the 2025 Bird Crew during an early-summer photo shoot in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. 🧪 Bird data from Hubbard Brook: 🍽️:
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"Our findings indicate persistent structural legacies associated with ice storm disturbance, but declining structural legacies over time may affect interactions with subsequent stressors." Latest findings from Hubbard Brook artificial ice storm experiments published by
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Trajectories of forest composition, structure, and productivity following an experimental ice storm disturbance
Disturbance creates structural legacies that are important drivers of functional and compositional stability in forested ecosystems. We used an experimental ice storm disturbance to evaluate effects o...
https://bit.ly/4mBeTX3
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Thank you
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for sharing this great story from Ari Daniel featuring work by
@dartmouthcollege.bsky.social
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Great story from Kate Dario at
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about fall colors includes insights from Hubbard Brook's Amey Bailey. "Amey Bailey, a forest technician also at Hubbard Brook...described this year as “a perfect storm” of challenges for trees." 🌐🧪
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How will this year’s weather impact fall foliage in New Hampshire?
2025 swung from a wet spring to a dry summer. Some scientists say this will make it hard for trees to produce vivid colors.
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Findings from artificial ice storm experiments at Hubbard Brook are cited in this Global Ecology and Biogeography article. "Determining how disturbance-induced changes affect resistance to subsequent disturbances is critical for understanding forest dynamics in the face of global change." 🌐🧪
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Structural and Compositional Disturbance Legacies Mediate the Resistance of European Forests to Repeated Disturbances
Aim Climate change is altering forest disturbance regimes across Europe. Structural and species diversity are generally thought to enhance disturbance resistance. However, how disturbances affect st.....
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Turning waste into bioplastics: fiber rejects and acid whey provided sugars and nutrients for E. coli to produce PHB efficiently, reaching 5.2 g/L. This approach cuts feedstock costs while reducing emissions and freshwater. 🧪
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Polyhydroxybutyrate production from non-recyclable fiber rejects and acid whey as mixed substrate by recombinant Escherichia coli - Biotechnology for Sustainable Materials
Producing polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) from agro-food processing waste has the potential to mitigate the global synthetic plastic pollution crisis and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, it of...
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Great coverage of research happening in Hubbard Brook by
@mirandazamm.bsky.social
, et. al. in this episode of
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Amy Wotherspoon, PhD
3 months ago
📰 Cutting through market trends: The impact of macroeconomy, Covid-19 pandemic and climate-related disasters costs on wood product prices in North America ✍ Dura, H., Fortin, M., Achim, A. (2025) 📕Can J of For Res (
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Cutting through market trends: The impact of macroeconomy, Covid-19 pandemic and climate-related disasters costs on wood product prices in North America
The market of wood products is the primary system used to assess the value of timber. Understanding its dynamics could help in forecasting future trends and guiding decision-makers on what and when to...
https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2025-0001
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A great listen for an evening commute. About 30 minutes in total. In this podcast series you'll learn about the Great Old Broads for Wilderness and what brought them to the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. 🧪📻
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A Broad View of the Forest - anthology
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0LI2itkmnIHTi0kRtkGun6?si=V1SrRXkuQT-r9bHqP7NcMg
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Not all street trees make it, but in Worcester, MA two-thirds planted from 2010–2012 are still standing. This new research article draws upon research which includes collaboration from @caryinstitute.bsky.social-based Hubbard Brooker Peter Groffman.
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Factors Influencing Establishment and Post-Establishment Residential Yard Tree Survivorship in Worcester, Massachusetts
Background Urban tree planting programs seek to maintain high levels of planted tree survivorship, as ecosystem services are maximized when trees are fully grown. This study examines survivorship for ...
https://bit.ly/4mEppxj
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Learning about how drones are used for research at Hubbard Brook. Part of the summer 2025 Science Night series. Read about some of this work being done by
@unhresearch.bsky.social
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Thank you
@granitegeeknh.bsky.social
for including a look at how scientists at Hubbard Brook continue to collect water samples during dry conditions. Read more and subscribe:
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Isaac Spackman - Young Voices of Science spring 2025 Each participant in the Young Voices of Science program works with Hubbard Brook Research Foundation mentors to create a final outreach project. 🧪
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Emma Johnson - Young Voices of Science spring 2025 Each participant in the Young Voices of Science program works with Hubbard Brook Research Foundation mentors to create a final outreach project. 🧪
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Some Taylor Swift song titles that have some connection to ecosystem science.
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Ecosystem Science (Taylor’s Version)
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3 months ago
✨🍁Now Open! 🍁✨ The application for the Fall 2025 Young Voices of Science Program is now open through Friday, September 5th! Please share with your community! Application Form:
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🔗No need to be a student to apply!
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The three most-clicked-on science articles we've shared this week: 💧:
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Researchers reflect on the importance of Hubbard Brook's long-term monitoring and data collection and their own place in the legacy of science that has happened here. 🧪
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Hubbard Brook: Long Term Research, Big Time Legacy
YouTube video by Hubbard Brook Research
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL7mvbTvk6M
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Wait! Did you say you're looking for Soil Profile Rock Characteristics by Bedrock Type? Well, we've got a dataset for you!
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Multiple Element Limitation in Northern Hardwood Ecosystems (MELNHE): Soil Profile Rock Characteristics by Bedrock Type in Bartlett and Hubbard Brook, 2004-2018 (Dataset) | NSF PAGES
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Abigail Borgmeier - Young Voices of Science spring 2025 Each participant in the Young Voices of Science program works with Hubbard Brook Research Foundation mentors to create a final outreach project. 🧪
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Great opportunity with one of our Hubbard Brook Consortium members!
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The importance of experimental forests like Hubbard Brook is explored in this recent presentation to the Northern Hardwood Conference by Bob Seymour.
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Silviculture Research - A Fifty-Year Perspective
YouTube video by Bob Seymour
https://youtu.be/nU9dWNvzIS8?si=7hop1YzmZLFoYlAT
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"Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) export from watersheds by streams is an important, changing component of the global carbon cycle." Read some of the latest research from scientists working Hubbard Brook. 📖:
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Emma Johnson Young Voices of Science 2025 Spring Cohort Each participant in the Young Voices of Science program works with Hubbard Brook Research Foundation mentors to create a final outreach project. 🧪
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Autumn field season is approaching. Still mostly green leaves out there. Watch the seasons change live at Hubbard Brook via the PhenoCam website:
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PhenoCam is hosted by Northern Arizona University.
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Moments from our impromptu photo booth during July's Hubbard Brook Annual Cooperators' Meeting. 🧪
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Electrospun nanofibers are put to the test in this newly published article which cites research conducted at Hubbard Brook.
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Development and characterization of electrospun chitosan-chitin-PVA nanofiber: exploring structural integrity, crystallinity, and thermal stability for advanced applications - Journal of Materials Sci...
Chitosan (CS), a linear polysaccharide derived from chitin (Ch), is known for its excellent biocompatibility, biodegradability, and high chemical resistance, making it suitable for environmental and b...
https://bit.ly/3HEijJQ
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This week's three most clicked on links to papers about research at Hubbard Brook: ⏳:
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Cora Steinbach Young Voices of Science 2025 Spring Cohort Each participant in the Young Voices of Science program works with Hubbard Brook Research Foundation mentors to create a final outreach project. Apply today to join the next cohort:
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Hubbard Brook research is cited in this new article exploring ways to mitigate some of the less-than-beneficial aspects of aquaculture ponds. 🌐🧪
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Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in nitrogen-enriched aquaculture ponds using calcium-based amendments
Aquaculture ponds with high nitrogen loading emit substantial CH4 and N2O due to anoxic sediments. This study assessed the effects of calcium hydroxid…
https://bit.ly/4oBLwG7
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Abigail Borgmeier: Young Voices of Science 2025 Spring Cohort Each participant in the Young Voices of Science program works with Hubbard Brook Research Foundation mentors to create a final outreach project. Apply to join the next cohort:
bit.ly/YVoS_apply
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New Phytologist
3 months ago
Applications for the 2026 New Phytologist
#TansleyMedal
for excellence in
#PlantScience
are now open! It's a global competition for early career researchers with 3-5 years' experience post-PhD. Deadline: 1 November 2025. 👉
newphytologist.org/tansleymedal
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"At the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, a northern hardwood forest site in the U.S. National Science Foundation Long-Term Ecological Research network, decades of environmental data collection provide context for assessing possible changes in the trajectory of soil respiration." 🧪
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Increasing soil respiration in a northern hardwood forest indicates symptoms of a changing carbon cycle - Communications Earth & Environment
Soil respiration rates have almost doubled between 2015-2020 with increased heterotrophic microbial carbon mineralization and microbial biomass, suggesting an increase in the bioavailability of organi...
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Isaac Spackman: Young Voices of Science 2025 Spring Cohort Each participant in the Young Voices of Science program works with Hubbard Brook Research Foundation mentors to create a final outreach project. Apply to join the next cohort:
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New in Ecological Monitoring. "Lovett et al. (2018) showed that N retention increased in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (New Hampshire, USA), even in late succession stages." 🧪
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Integrating nitrogen and carbon cycling into LANDIS-II/PnET-Succession to improve forest landscape modeling: methods and sensitivity analyses
Carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles are closely coupled in forested ecosystems. Studies of interactions between nitrogen cycling and forest succession …
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Markus Eichhorn
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Everything you wanted to know about 3D forest surveys but were too afraid to ask: our latest paper shows how to do it and and why you should.
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Terrestrial and mobile laser scanning for national forest inventories: From theory to implementation
Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) has emerged as an important data source for monitoring forest resources. Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) and Mobi…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425725003517
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