Press Resources: Harvard Forest Carbon Synthesis – August 4, 2020

Press Release: In a Warming World, New England’s Trees Are Storing More Carbon

Scientific paper in Ecological Monographs: Carbon budget of the Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research site: pattern, process, and response to global change (direct link to article on journal website here)

Media Contact: Audrey Barker Plotkin, Harvard Forest Senior Ecologist (co-lead author of study), aabarker@fas.harvard.edu, 978-756-6168

Photographs

An eddy-flux tower measures atmospheric carbon dioxide entering and leaving a declining hemlock stand at Harvard Forest. Photo by David Foster. 
Scientific equipment mounted on a tower
The world’s longest-running eddy-flux tower, the Harvard Forest Environmental Measurements Station, measures atmospheric carbon dioxide entering and leaving an oak-maple forest. Photo by David Foster.
Scientific equipment sitting on a the forest floor which is littered with pine needles and hardwood leaves
An automated soil respiration chamber measures carbon dioxide emitted by the soil as plant roots and microscopic organisms use energy. Photo by Marc-Andre Giasson.
A close-up of a researcher's hands measuring a small maple tree seedling on the forest floor
Student researcher Kalaina Thorne measures the growth of maple tree seedlings in a long-term study plot at Harvard Forest. Photo by Jill Fusco.
One researcher measures the diameter of a tree while two other researchers take notes
Senior ecologist Audrey Barker Plotkin works with student researchers Collette Yee and Kate Eisen to measure trees in a long-term study plot. Photo by Moshe Roberts.
A researcher atop a research tower prepares to launch a drone over the forest canopy
Post-doctoral fellow David Basler launches a research drone above the canopy. Photo by David Foster.
One research stands on a step ladder and holds a piece of research equipment against an oak tree. A second researcher consults a tablet.
Post-doctoral fellow Tim Rademacher and student researcher Kyle Wyche measure the respiration of an oak tree at Harvard Forest. Photo by Sara Plisinski.