News and Events | Hubbard Brook

January 3 and 4, 2018: Committee of Scientists Meeting

“Nitrogen Availability as a Key Driver of Plant, Microbial, and Animal Dynamics at Hubbard Brook.”

October 11, 2017: Committee of Scientists Meeting

The next quarterly Committee of Scientists meeting will be held at the Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies. Topic: Water Relations at Hubbard Brook

Job Announcement: Outreach and Communications Manager

Join our team in the beautiful White Mountains of New Hampshire! The Hubbard Brook Research Foundation (HBRF) is hiring an Outreach and Communications Manager. The Outreach and Communications Manager will lead efforts to communicate Hubbard Brook science to public audiences and to develop opportunities for two-way engagement between Hubbard Brook scientists and stakeholders.

Eclipse Science at Hubbard Brook: Solar Radiation and Carbon Dioxide Flux

On August 21, 2017, people across the United States looked towards the sky for a partial or complete solar eclipse, the first such astronomical event since 1918. In a rare moment of unity, people in all corners of the country gathered together to witness a natural wonder. At the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in New Hampshire, staff and scientists shared in the fun with a variety of contraptions. Technical instruments at Hubbard Brook and nearby research sites captured the impact of the eclipse on net solar radiation and whole forest atmospheric carbon dioxide exchange.

Comments by Dr. Michael Michael Oppenheimer at the 2017 HBRF Annual Meeting

Below are the comments made by invited speaker Dr. Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs at Princeton University, during the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire. The lecture notes were provided by Dr. Oppenheimer with permission to post.

Climate Change Fact Sheet

In response to stackholders, the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, led by Dr. Lindsey Rustad, partnered with Sarah Garlick from the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation to develop a new synthesis from the climate data at Hubbard Brook. Download a PDF of the new fact sheet here.

Hubbard Brook: The Story of a Forest Ecosystem wins PROSE book award

Hubbard Brook: The Story of a Forest Ecosystem, by Richard T. Holmes and Gene E. Likens, from Yale University Press, has won a PROSE Award from the American Association of Publishers for the most noteworthy professional and scholarly publication in the Biological Sciences for 2017.

Likens receives Frontiers of Knowledge Award

This February, Dr. Gene Likens was honored with the Frontiers of Knowledge Award from the BBVA Foundation for his contributions “to understand how ecosystems respond to human-induced alterations of the natural environment, key to better protect our planet.” Read more at the BBVA Foundation website.

There's a Secret World Under the Snow, and It's in Trouble

“Snow is very important,” [Hubbard Brook researcher Peter] Groffman says. “It insulates and protects the forest soil. And when you lose that insulation, the soil becomes much more susceptible to freezing. … If you lose that blanket of snow, you end up with what we call colder soils in a warmer world.”

Ice Storm Experiment: Media Roundup

The Hubbard Brook Ice Storm Experiment has been featured in coverage by the Associated Press, the Weather Channel, New Hampshire Public Radio, and others.