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Looking back to the start of the TRACE #Decomposition Experiment this summer🤩 We’re studying how #warmer temperatures influence decomposition rates of Guarea guidonia, Cecropia schreberiana, and wooden popsicle sticks in #ElYunque National Forest

#ForestWarming #Research #Tropical

Warming triggers unprecedented carbon loss from tropical soils, study finds Climate warming could cause much greater soil carbon losses in the tropics than previously predicted, with potentially dire consequences for the global climate, according to a new study published in N...

Warming and terrain have significant impacts on the #CO2 emissions from #tropical soils. Read the feature by @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/09/warm...

Warming induces unexpectedly high soil respiration in a wet tropical forest - Nature Communications A year-long experiment in a wet tropical forest found that 4 oC of warming boosted soil CO2 emissions by 42-204%. These high rates suggest tropical soils may release more carbon under future warming t...

A year-long experiment in a wet tropical #forest found that 4°C of warming boosted soil CO2 emissions by 42-204%. These high rates suggest tropical #soils may release more #carbon under future warming than #climate models predict.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Experimental warming alters free‐living nitrogen fixation in a humid tropical forest Microbial nitrogen (N) fixation accounts for c. 97% of natural N inputs to terrestrial ecosystems. These microbes can be free-living in the soil and leaf litter (asymbiotic) or in symbiosis with pla...

Our study on warming and free-living nitrogen fixation is out! Great work led by one of the lab alumni, Parker Bartz, the @forestwarming.bsky.social team and @psaima.bsky.social

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🌎This study highlights the importance of considering cyclone disturbances when predicting liana-tree interactions and their impacts on forest dynamics and carbon storage in tropical forests 🌀🌴 👉 buff.ly/n0bXk2z

**Fellowship opportunity (graduate/postdoc)** - The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program is accepting applications through October 15. Postdoc fellowships have always received a 2nd year match from the host unit. Come join us!

fellowships.si.edu/opportunity/...

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Early to mid-career ESA members who received a PhD within the last 20 years are encouraged to apply for the ESA Excellence in Ecology Scholarship! Get $5k for research & publication support, and meeting attendance.

Learn more & apply by 9/19: esa.org/about/divers...

TRACE techs, past intern, and manager presented at #ESA2025 🔥

We covered topics such as #soil CO2 fluxes from an incubation experiment, #fineroot dynamics in a #drought experiment, mat forming #fungi under warming, and #engagement of #PuertoRican students through our #ForestWarming project.

The #ForestWarming team at #ESA2025 😍

@ecology-awesome.bsky.social @tanawood.bsky.social

Final TRACE talk at #ESA2025 Join the conversation about fostering engagement of Puerto Rican students in ecological research!

#ForestWarming #Research #Ecology #Accessibility #ResearchNetworks

Coming up next! Catch @tanawood.bsky.social at #ESA2025 at 1:45pm

#ForestWarming #drought #TropicalForest

Come see our talk at #ESA2025 this Wed morning!

#ForestWarming #SoilBiogeochemistry #carbondioxide

Don’t miss our poster session at #ESA2025 today (Tue Aug 12) at 5:00pm 🌱🫚

TRACE technician Laura Rubio will talk about fine root biomass and production in the LUQ-LTER drought experiment.
#fineroots #rootbiomass #tropicalecology #ForestWarming #drought

Measuring height, moisture, and mass of the standing litter layer inside the #TRACE plots. Also subsampling for nutrients! Looking forward to comparing between warmed and control plots.

Part 1 of our 2025-2026 #decomposition experiment.
#ForestWarming #ElYunque #PuertoRico #Ecology

Visit from the Geospatial #DataScience Training, a collaboration between University of Puerto Rico, USDA, & Department of Natural and Environmental Resources of #PuertoRico 🏫

This was great for our team to practice #sciencecommunication and #outreach🗣

#ForestWarming #STEM #Research #ElYunque

First day in the #field for #interns Daliz and Sofía🥾

They learned how to perform project inspection, returned unused #soil to the field, and helped remove old scientific equipment💪

#ForestWarming #TRACE #ElYunque #STEM #Science #Research #PuertoRico #TropicalEcology

Biólogos realizan estudio sobre el cambio climático en El Yunque de Puerto Rico A causa de los huracanes Irma y María se notaron cambios significativos en la vegetación del bosque.

New interview by Dr. Tana Wood and Spectrum Noticias @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social

“Biólogos realizan estudio sobre el cambio climático en el bosque El Yunque de Puerto Rico”

spectrumnoticias.com/ny/nyc/notic...

TRACE Summer 2025❗

Please join us in welcoming our new summer cohort! We have a mix of interns 🏫, PhD candidates, Postdocs, and PIs.

Stay tuned for introductions, lots of research, and summer fun! 😄
#TRACE #PuertoRico #ElYunque #ForestWarming #Research #STEM #LTER

Building a drought experiment in a tropical rainforest? Call 0800-LUQTEE for all tips & tricks!

Building "only" took us a year. Now we celebrate & see data coming in to study tree responses to drought! With @smithmartin.bsky.social @jesterkz.bsky.social @tanawood.bsky.social & many more not on bsky

Flowers of the #PuertoRico royal palm (𝙍𝙤𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙖) fell in the #TRACE leaf litter baskets🌸

#ForestWarming #Nature #ElYunque #Observation #PuertoRico #leaflitter #TropicalEcology #Ecology #biomass

Interested in careers outside academia?

Next Wednesday, May 7, at 10 PT—

Join our Career Forum to learn what folks do with a science degree—from tribal work to consulting. Put on with CESU!

Check it out below, and register at the link!
lternet.edu/events/91881/

Soil is precious!⭐️

Returning unused #soil to the #ForestWarming field site.

#tropical #soil #puertorico #elyunque #research #soilbiogeochemistry #forest #science #stem

Congratulating Nibia Becerra Santillán for her #research with Deyaneira Ortiz Iglesias, @csoconn.bsky.social @tanawood.bsky.social: field manipulation & lab incubation exp looking at the impact of manipulated rain, antecedent #soil moisture & #warming on soil C, N, microbial dynamics & soil GHG🎉

Field technician opportunity in #PuertoRico 🇵🇷 jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/217...

Recently replaced a #soil moisture and temperature sensor at the #TRACE site 🤩

#ForestWarming #TropicalForests #SoilScience

I'll be presenting my work on tree growth in an everwet forest in Puerto Rico at the ForestGEO seminar next week!

Mar 19, 2025 09:00 AM, EST time. Register here for the link:

smithsonian.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Started #fieldwork just before sunrise for collection of canopy photos and leaf area measurements inside the #TRACE plots.
#ForestWarming #TropicalForest

A Deeper Green Tomorrow A before-dawn hush blankets an Amazon field station.

A Deeper Green Tomorrow

"Tropical canopies are not simply tall green domes but living tapestries woven by soil, climate, and time."

Did you know the LTER maintains a thriving job board?

From REU positions to faculty hires, our sites have dozens of openings each year. Several just got posted!

You can check them all out here: lternet.edu/opportunities/

Media Coverage | TRACE

Catch TRACE #ForestWarming in the Globo Repórter, a Brazilian documentary tv show📺 USDA Forest Service Research Ecologist and TRACE PI, Dr. Tana Wood @tanawood.bsky.social was interviewed in Apr 2024, while the team showed #fieldwork techniques🌿 Link for more!

www.forestwarming.org/media-coverage