Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
Tempe Town Lake research opportunities
Since Tempe Town Lake was created in 1999, CAP LTER scientists have been using this artificial body of water as a field and teaching site. The failure of one of
Spring 2010 Network News available
The Spring 2010 edition of the Network News is now available online.
LTER Network receives Distinguished Scientist Award
The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) has announced that the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network will receive the 2010 AIBS Distinguished Scientist Award. CAP LTER, as one of the
Quarterly message from CAP Co-Director Nancy Grimm
I am very pleased to inform all of my CAP LTER colleagues that our renewal proposal to the NSF has been recommended for funding! This is a tremendous accomplishment that
ASU experts grapple with gene-based medicine questions on PBS
Sooner than we think, we will have access to our own genetic codes. Are we ready to join the DNA generation? Two ASU researchers, Gary Marchant and George Poste, will
Kendra Busse's thesis defense
Kendra Busse will be defending her thesis Effect of Residential Landscape Design on Undercanopy Microclimate on Monday, May 17, 2010 at 10:00 AM in Room 330, Wanner Building, Arizona State
Survey 200 underway
In February 2010, CAP LTER began collecting data once again at 204 sites in metropolitan Phoenix and the surrounding desert. This effort, Survey 200, takes place every five years at
CAP scientists featured at NSF LTER Mini-Symposium
The National Science Foundation (NSF) held its annual Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Mini-Symposium on March 4, 2010 in Washington, D.C. The mini-symposium, "Ecosystem Services in a Changing World," featured presentations
CAP LTER student Poster Symposium winners
Each year during the CAP LTER Annual Poster Symposium, a panel of researchers and education experts judge student posters on their research content, originality, and visual clarity. This year, Scott
Nancy Grimm awarded ASU Faculty Achievement Award for Research
CAP LTER co-director and lead primary investigator Nancy B. Grimm has been awarded the ASU Faculty Achievement Award for Research. This award, which recognizes Dr. Grimm’s contributions to the field
Ecology Explorers curriculum engages low-income children
Low-income children in the Phoenix area have few options for environmental education during the summer months when hot temperatures force everyone inside and the price of science camps is out
CAP LTER 12th Annual Poster Symposium a Success
CAP LTER held its 12th Annual Poster Symposium on January 14, 2010 at ASU in Tempe. The theme of this year’s symposium was "Urban Ecology and Sustainability." Dr. Stephanie Pincetl,