The Hubbard Brook Research Foundation Is Turning Up the Volume on Young Voices of Science!

September 14, 2020

Young Voices of Science Fall 2020 Program Announcement – What: FREE science communication training for science scholars! – Who: Graduate and undergraduate students in environmental fields are eligible to apply – When: Series of five Zoom workshops held on Thursdays, October 1 through November 5, 6:00 – 7:30 pm ET – Where: Wherever you…

Hubbard Brook Holds Virtual Climate Change Roundtable with Representative Annie Kuster

July 23, 2020

On July 23, Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) held a virtual roundtable discussion with Hubbard Brook climate change scientists to discuss the latest research and findings on climate change. The Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest is situated in the White Mountains and administered by the USDA Forest Service. The forest is among the…

HBRF Statement on Standing for Racial Justice

June 15, 2020

On behalf of the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, I am adding my voice to the chorus of outrage at the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor. HBRF condemns violence against Black communities and stands in solidarity with our social justice partners who are demanding change.  In conversations with staff, trustees, and collaborators,…

Double Barreled October Rain Storms Soak Hubbard Brook

November 3, 2017
photo of flowing river water in flood stage

On October 27, 2017 two days before the remnants of Tropical Storm Philippe drenched New England, toppled trees, and cut power to over 1.1 million customers, a dozen scientists at the USDA Forest Service’s Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBEF) in North Woodstock, NH were hard at work. Alerted by meteorologist…

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

August 23, 2017

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…

Nashua students’ illustrations featured in Seeking the Wolf Tree

March 27, 2017

Congratulations to the students at Ledge Street Elementary School in Nashua NH! Their illustrations were chosen to be printed in the newly-published book, Seeking the Wolf Tree, written by Natalie Cleavitt, a Hubbard Brook scientist and NH native. The Nashua School District News included this article in their December 2015 newsletter: “Encouraged…

Ice Storm Experiment: Media Roundup

December 7, 2016

The Hubbard Brook Ice Storm Experiment has garnered widespread national attention, with coverage ranging from local newspapers and blogs to a syndicated AP story and a live television interview on The Weather Channel. For highlights of recent media coverage: NSF Science Nation video (December 2016) VICE News picks up Science…

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

January 27, 2016

Read more about Hubbard Brook winter climate change research in the 2016 issue of Smithsonian Magazine: “There’s a Secret World Under the Snow, and It’s in Trouble” by Alison Gillespie, January 27, 2016