The NES-LTER project integrates observations, experiments, and models to understand and predict how planktonic food webs are changing in the region, and how those changes may impact the productivity of higher trophic levels. Since 2017https://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3mufccpbq622mThe OOI network (and Pioneer/MAB site in particular) is a critical part of our work and it's broadscale data collection is such a necessary part of our global systems understanding. Please weigh in! @uslter.bsky.social @whoi.edu @urigso.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufccpbq622mhttps://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3msqgki47722hNot to mention the temporary tattoos! @uslter.bsky.social @whoi.edu10 Aug 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqgki47722hhttps://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3msqewvn46s2hOutreach about our research happens when you put up spot of shade, add a table with activities to attract children (dead fish, paint, and a matching game), and throw in a banner of images about our work. WH Science Stroll 2026 @whoi.edu @uslter.bsky.social10 Aug 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqewvn46s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3mq2qyjklwd22Journal article: Seasonal variability of the microzooplankton biomass and community composition on the Northeast US Shelf. Lopez, Marrec, & Menden-Deuer. 2026. Journal of Plankton Research 48 (2). https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbag018 @uslter.bsky.social @urigso.bsky.social07 Jul 2026 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2qyjklwd22https://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3mpyhwabk3d22Journal article: A nonequilibrium framework for community responses to pulse perturbations, Medeiros, Neubert, Sosik, & Munch. 2026. Ecology Letters 29(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70313 @uslter.bsky.social @whoi.edu06 Jul 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpyhwabk3d22https://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3mprczdfgr322Journal article: Seasonal trophic controls drive population variability in a foundational marine copepod, Honda, I. et al, 2025, Scientific Reports 15(1) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-19919-2 @uslter.bsky.social @whoi.edu03 Jul 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mprczdfgr322https://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3mprcty2eqs22Published data: Microzooplankton biomass on the Northeast US Shelf LTER Transect, ongoing since 2018, Lopez, Marrec, & Menden-Deuer 2026 https://doi.org/10.6073/PASTA/2D1BF323B99BC35E5DBEDFD37EED939A03 Jul 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mprcty2eqs22https://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3mprb2obml222Since the start of 2026, the NES-LTER team has published 7 more data packages in the EDI Repository, from grazing rates, DOC, DIN, Chl, to Microzoop biomass. Details to follow! @uslter.bsky.social @whoi.edu @urigso.bsky.social @wellesley.edu03 Jul 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mprb2obml222https://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3mnwyfjktf22yLong term data is key to understanding, following, and predicting change. OOI has been an incredible asset. This is not ok. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jun 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwyfjktf22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3mmyurspqlc23As part of their NES-LTER Data Jam creative project, these 6th graders from Newton MA wrote a song about Right Whales and held a bake sale to raise money for Whale and Dolphin Conservation. That's singing and dancing with data! @uslter.bsky.social @whoi.edu @urigso.bsky.social @wellesley.edu #nsf29 May 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmyurspqlc23https://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3mmtrjwosr22oNES-LTER Data Jam 2026 projects are rolling in! We love student creativity describing patterns and reasoning about data. Pictured: Scratch game designed by 5th graders at Morse Pond School in Falmouth MA, based on NMFS trawl data. https://tinyurl.com/NES-LTERDataJam @uslter.bsky.social @whoi.edu27 May 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmtrjwosr22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3ml22j7azjk2kYes, we're interested! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml22j7azjk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3ml22ell6xk2kDiana did her PhD research with NES and we're so proud of her Knauss work and her next adventures! @uslter.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml22ell6xk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3mk6yqui6ik25After a short delay, our research team headed out for the spring transect cruise on the R/V Hugh R. Sharp. With room for only 14 scientists, no special guests on board like last spring, but we will get it all done! @whoi.edu @urigso.bsky.social @wellesley.edu @uslter.bsky.social Thank you #nsf !23 Apr 2026 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6yqui6ik25https://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3mgnhpoxvvc2hHey, that's our PI, Heidi Sosik! And she's just one amongst so many other women on our project making waves in ocean science and engineering! @uslter.bsky.social @urigso.bsky.social #nsf [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Mar 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgnhpoxvvc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3mcugxe7q4k2jSuper interesting work by our Post-Doc, Lucas Medeiros: A Nonequilibrium Framework for Community Responses to Pulse Perturbations - Medeiros - 2026 - Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.70313 @whoi.edu @uslter.bsky.social #nsffunded20 Jan 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcugxe7q4k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3mcfydllfhc25Our winter transect cruise is underway on the RV Armstrong. Our team will spend 5 days stitching a line across the Northeast US Shelf sampling the winter ecosystem. Fair wind & seas with mild temps for the crew! @whoi.edu @urigso.bsky.social @wellesley.edu @smast @uslter.bsky.social Thank you #nsf14 Jan 2026 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfydllfhc25https://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3mbwie4qqbc2oIt's winter transect cruise time on the Northeast US Shelf and we're lucky to be heading out on the RV Neil Armstrong next week. Understanding the valuable ecosystem on the shelf and how it responds to change over the long term is such critical work. Funded by NSF. @uslter.bsky.social @whoi.edu08 Jan 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbwie4qqbc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3malqedpblk2rWhen you invite a member of the @whoi.edu Comms group to come on a research cruise, you get great video interviews! Check out our latest NES-LTER Team Member Stories on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@nes-lter5307/videos @uslter.bsky.social22 Dec 2025 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3malqedpblk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3m6fckqi3dc26Students participating in the NES-LTER Data Jam (https://sites.google.com/view/nes-lter-schoolyard-datajam/home) are learning to think with data and make data moves AND communicate the story they see in the data. Thanks, Tim, for this great break down! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Nov 2025 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6fckqi3dc26https://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3m46ojhmis22xCheck out "The Little Big Picture" in the latest issue of Oceanus magazine, in which Lead PI, Heidi Sosik, talks about the value of LONG TERM research. https://cloud.3dissue.com/2331/3058/6736/oceanus60n2/27 Oct 2025 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m46ojhmis22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3m3n6rtb2nk2bFollowing a great PR event @whoi.edu on Friday, our research team boarded the RV Armstrong for our fall transect cruise. When the weather is rough, go long first! #nsf @uslter.bsky.social @urigso.bsky.social @wellesley.edu #umassd Follow their work with the tracker: https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/explore/ships/ships-neil-armstrong/neil-armstrong-tracker/20 Oct 2025 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3n6rtb2nk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/nes-lter.bsky.social/post/3lzyjz44q7c2vOur Lead PI, Heidi Sosik, talks about the importance of long term study in regions such as the Northeast US Shelf. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Sep 2025 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:3y64s5vjdspw5yelez3witkw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzyjz44q7c2v