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A paper recently published by Jerry Melillo of the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has been making news in the past few weeks. The paper describes the results of a 7-year soil warming study at Harvard Forest, which shows that trees growing in experimentally warmed soils sequester more carbon.

David Kittredge gave the invited keynote address in early April at an international symposium on recent advances in land owner extension, organized by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, the Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla), University of Helsinki , and Oulu University of Applied Sciences. The meeting was held in Kuusamo, Finland, and focused on peer-to-peer learning among land

On Earth Day, Harvard Forest was one of eight organizations highlighted at the Boston Museum of Science. Site Coordinator Audrey Barker Plotkin and Outreach Manager Clarisse Hart hosted an activity table, presented a lecture about forest conservation, and recorded a podcast. 

On May 21, the Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH) will debut "New England Forests," a permanent multi-media exhibition that explores the natural history and ecology of our region's forests, their responses to human activity, and their environmental significance. Harvard Forest's research and landscapes will figure heavily in the exhibit—the culmination of more than a year of strong collaboration between