Hubbard Brook

The Hubbard Brook Research Foundation is hiring a new Maintenance Technician! Join our team & help us support the science that allows us to understand our changing environment. Click the link to see the job description and apply. Please share widely! ow.ly/8c6i50R4wZv

Yesterday, 3/15/24, marked the earliest Ice-out date for Mirror Lake in the record going back to 1967! This was 3 days earlier than the former earliest Ice-out date of 3/18/2010. Photo by Tammy Wooster.

Applications are now open for a new summer job opportunity in Critical Ecology at Hubbard Brook for graduate students. Candidates from underrepresented backgrounds in Earth and environmental sciences are encouraged to apply. Please share! hubbardbrook.org/wp-content/upl…

Snow days: treasured memories? Check out this recent article in the Hartford Courant, which cites Hubbard Brook snow survey data and recalls snow day traditions that younger generations, especially in Mid-Atlantic states, are losing due to warming winters: ow.ly/RhM650QGFaC

Concord NHTV has released recordings from the Jan 18 Youth Climate and Clean Energy Forum, which featured discussion between students and leaders in the New England environmental sector. You can watch & share them with your networks here: ow.ly/k7bS50QzJy8

Hubbard Brook’s Youth Forum on Climate and Clean Energy, held Thursday in Concord, NH, inspired this Washington Post article that recalls bipartisan action taken on acid rain, and the state of climate advocacy today. Check it out here: ow.ly/ZXLQ50Qt5Nc

What a great Fall 2023 semester for Young Voices of Science! Thanks to all of our students for pouring their hearts into their projects and making the showcase last Thursday a great one. Applications open Monday for Spring 2024! ow.ly/Ibpj50Qry2T

Mirror Lake iced out on Monday, December 18, after massive rainstorms swept NH. This is the second unseasonal thaw since ice records began in 1965. The first occurred in 2018, sparking a paper by Likens et al (below). 📸 by Tammy Wooster. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Ice-in is here! Mirror Lake froze solid on December 5th after the heavy snow, three days before the long-term average date of December 8th. Photos by Tammy Wooster. See the trend in ice-in dates attached.

Enjoy some autumnal views of the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest through the lens of @klementovich!

Technicians Hannah Vollmer, Garrett Higgins, and site manager Ian Halm finished preparing Hubbard Brook’s nine weirs for winter this week! Each weir received a hood to allow for continued stream flow measurements during the winter, and precarious trees were cleared away:

The 2023 Natural Areas Conference will take place virtually on Nov. 2! Topic: How long-term ecological research contributes to land management across five ecoregions. Principal Investigator and CUNY Professor Peter Groffman will present on Hubbard Brook! naturalareas.org/2023_natural_a…

Watch a year's worth of amazing seasonal change in this timelapse of the Hubbard Brook mainstem. Photos were taken each week by technician Brendan Leonardi. #HubbardBrookNH #timelapse #phenology

Tomorrow at 6:30 pm, the Holderness School is holding an opening reception for the photography of Joe @klementovich in the Edwards Art Gallery. Stop by to enjoy Joe's work, which has illuminated Hubbard Brook science for years! Details attached.

Hubbard Brook's long-term rainfall record, started by the USDA Forest Service in 1956, provides essential information for understanding the recent explosion in mosquito populations in the northeast. Hot off the press from the Boston Globe: bostonglobe.com/2023/09/06/met…

Check out this great story about Syracuse University undergrad Trygve Moler, an Engineering and Computer Science student who spent his summer at Hubbard Brook studying phosphorus in Investigator Chris Johnson's biogeochemistry lab: news.syr.edu/blog/2023/08/3…

🔔 Fall 2023 Young Voices of Science Application Coming Soon!🔔 We will be accepting application starting September 1st! Click on the post to mark your calendar! 🗓️ Help us spread the word!🌟

Yankee Magazine is featuring the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in its Fall 2023 Issue! Check out the story beginning on page 82! ow.ly/hJrA50PvaVr

Hubbard Brook investigator Dr. Charles Driscoll, a Distinguished Professor of Environmental Systems Engineering in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Syracuse University, has been awarded the 2023 Clarke Prize. Congratulations! nwri-usa.org/2023-clarke-pr…

Dr. Gene Likens, one of the co-founders of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study, visited Pleasant View Farm last night to share his stories, wit, and wisdom with an audience of students and longtime collaborators. Thank you, Dr. Likens!