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PIE researchers David Kimbro and Brian Beal were interviewed recently on GBH News about soft-shell clam recruitment research at PIE LTER! This research project is a collaborative effort with local shellfishers that was funded in part by APEAL. Just past sunrise on a warm August morning, Northeastern University marine science professor David Kimbro stood ankle-deep…

PIE LTER contributed to the “Plankton in Our Midst” art exhibit at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole during the summer of 2025. The art exhibit featured plankton inspired paintings and glass sculptures by artist Krisanne Baker and a companion book & essay by science writer Liz Cunningham. The display included informative science…

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Elizabeth Oliver is a scientist in David Johnson’s lab at William & Mary’s Batten School & Virginia Institute of Marine Science, where she studies how climate change-driven range expansions are reshaping salt marsh ecosystems. Her work focuses on the fiddler crab, Minuca pugnax, a species whose northward expansion has raised new ecological questions for marshes along the…

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We will run a Data Workshop on March 25, 11 am via Zoom to go over the LTER data publications requirements, PIE’s data submission process, and a tutorial for the ezEML metadata tool. We encourage everyone who works with data to attend, including PIs, postdocs, RAs, graduate students, and undergraduates! Register here

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Marsh Madness photo competition! Congratulations to the winners of the four categories: Adelma Argueta Roman, Emelie Foster, Lucia Ramirez-Joseph, and Jane Tucker. And congratulations to the top photo, “Fieldwork Doesn’t Stop at Sunset” by Lucia Ramirez-Joseph. Check out all of the amazing entries below.

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