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

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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

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Two eddy-flux research towers stand against the sky among hemlock trees with thinning canopies, measuring atmospheric carbon dioxide at Harvard Forest. Photo by David Foster.

An eddy-flux tower measures atmospheric carbon dioxide entering and leaving a declining hemlock stand at Harvard Forest. Photo by David Foster. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The oldest forest eddy-flux tower in the world stands in a hardwood forest measuring atmospheric carbon dioxide. Photo by David Foster.

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. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automated soil respiration collar on the forest floor. Photo by Marc-Andre Giasson.

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. 

 

 

 

 

 

Close-up of a researcher's hand labeling a maple seedling with a numbered tag 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.

 

 

 

 

Research mentor Audrey Barker Plotkin works with two students to measure trees in a permanent forest study plot. Photo by Moshe Roberts.

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Basler launches a research drone from the top of a canopy research tower at Harvard Forest. Photo by David Foster.Post-doctoral fellow David Basler launches a research drone above the canopy. Photo by David Foster.

 

 

 

 

 

Tim Rademacher and Kyle Wyche check carbon dioxide respiration on the trunk of an oak tree. Photo by Sara Plisinski.

Post-doctoral fellow Tim Rademacher and student researcher Kyle Wyche measure the respiration of an oak tree at Harvard Forest. Photo by Sara Plisinski.