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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.

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.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/m...

YouTube video by Hubbard Brook Research Night Creatures of Hubbard Brook

"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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three graphs show the change in streamwater pH, calcium ions and soluble silica for three watersheds at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest from 1963 to 2020.

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. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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...

In my #ENVSCOMM25-2 class today, students are doing an in-class writing exercise on acid rain by converting a scientific abstract into a compelling story for non-scientists & turning it into a blockbuster movie (!). Abstract is about original research at Hubbard Brook Forest, NH.
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The role of interface organizations in science communication and understanding “Interface” organizations are groups created to foster the use of science in environmental policy, management, and education. Here we compare interface organizations that differ in spatial scale, mod....

Cited: The role of interface organizations in science communication and understanding. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 8(6), 306–313 bit.ly/41YTTlA

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: bit.ly/46fh0e9 🌐🧪

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?" @mirandazamm.bsky.social, et. al. 2024. Read the paper in Ecology Letters: bit.ly/4gCwdbD 🧪

Submit an abstract for your Hubbard Brook science to be included in the 2026 BIOGEOMON schedule. Details and submission portal: bit.ly/biogeomon_ab... 🌐🧪

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.

Thank you @newhampshirebulletin.com for covering this important research, including work by @bostonu.bsky.social-based Pam Templer's team at Hubbard Brook.

Nominate an Impactful Dataset AGU is highlighting and celebrating datasets that support the broad spectrum of research, analysis, and decision making by our community. Nominations due by October 10th:

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.

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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: bit.ly/47LdVUa 🧪

Members of the 2025 Bird Crew during an early-summer photo shoot in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. 🧪

Bird data from Hubbard Brook:

🍽️: bit.ly/4n4aHQm

🎶: bit.ly/4mgNhGc

📊: bit.ly/42s32mF

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...

"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 @canjforestres.bsky.social 🌐🧪

Thank you @nhpr.org for sharing this great story from Ari Daniel featuring work by @dartmouthcollege.bsky.social researchers including @mirandazamm.bsky.social. 🧪

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.

Great story from Kate Dario at @nhpr.org 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." 🌐🧪

Effects of an experimental ice storm on forest canopy structure Intermediate disturbances are an important component of many forest disturbance regimes, with effects on canopy structure and related functions that are highly dependent on the nature and intensity of...

Cited: Robert T. Fahey, Jeff W. Atkins, John L. Campbell, Lindsey E. Rustad, Meghan Duffy, Charles T. Driscoll, Timothy J. Fahey, and Paul G. Schaberg. 2020. Effects of an experimental ice storm on forest canopy structure. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 50(2): 136-145. bit.ly/4lVstnv

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.....

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." 🌐🧪

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...

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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Great coverage of research happening in Hubbard Brook by @mirandazamm.bsky.social, et. al. in this episode of @whimsicallambda.bsky.social! 🧪

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Fascinating research!

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...

📰 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 (@canjforestres.bsky.social)
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjfr...

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A Broad View of the Forest - anthology

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. 🧪📻

Social Norms, Yard Care, and the Difference between Front and Back Yard Management: Examining the Landscape Mullets Concept on Urban Residential Lands Many factors influence yard care in urban and suburban areas, but the explicit difference between front versus back yards is one factor that has not been fully examined. This paper introduces the L...

Cited: Locke, Roy Chowdhury, Grove, Martin, Goldman, Rogan, & Groffman (2018). Social Norms, Yard Care, and the Difference between Front and Back Yard Management: Examining the Landscape Mullets Concept on Urban Residential Lands. Society & Natural Resources, 31(10), 1169–1188. bit.ly/41t32T2

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.

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: bit.ly/4lpmmb3 🧪

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: bit.ly/4n55N5m

📹: @caryinstitute.bsky.social's Tammy Wooster 🧪

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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. 🧪