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TRACE @forestwarming.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

#Internship opportunity with the Luquillo #LTER 🌱 Looking for interns to participate in seedling censuses in #ElYunque National Forest, including the #TRACE plots! #ForestWarming #TropicalEcology

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TRACE @forestwarming.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Looking back to the start of the TRACE #Decomposition Experiment this summer🤩 We’re studying how #warmer temperatures influence decomposition rates of Guarea guidonia, Cecropia schreberiana, and wooden popsicle sticks in #ElYunque National Forest #ForestWarming #Research #Tropical

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TRACE @forestwarming.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

TRACE techs, past intern, and manager presented at #ESA2025 🔥 We covered topics such as #soil CO2 fluxes from an incubation experiment, #fineroot dynamics in a #drought experiment, mat forming #fungi under warming, and #engagement of #PuertoRican students through our #ForestWarming project.

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TRACE @forestwarming.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Final TRACE talk at #ESA2025 Join the conversation about fostering engagement of Puerto Rican students in ecological research! #ForestWarming #Research #Ecology #Accessibility #ResearchNetworks

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TRACE @forestwarming.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Don’t miss our poster session at #ESA2025 today (Tue Aug 12) at 5:00pm 🌱🫚 TRACE technician Laura Rubio will talk about fine root biomass and production in the LUQ-LTER drought experiment. #fineroots #rootbiomass #tropicalecology #ForestWarming #drought

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TRACE @forestwarming.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Measuring height, moisture, and mass of the standing litter layer inside the #TRACE plots. Also subsampling for nutrients! Looking forward to comparing between warmed and control plots. Part 1 of our 2025-2026 #decomposition experiment. #ForestWarming #ElYunque #PuertoRico #Ecology

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TRACE @forestwarming.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Visit from the Geospatial #DataScience Training, a collaboration between University of Puerto Rico, USDA, & Department of Natural and Environmental Resources of #PuertoRico 🏫 This was great for our team to practice #sciencecommunication and #outreach🗣 #ForestWarming #STEM #Research #ElYunque

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TRACE @forestwarming.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

First day in the #field for #interns Daliz and Sofía🥾 They learned how to perform project inspection, returned unused #soil to the field, and helped remove old scientific equipment💪 #ForestWarming #TRACE #ElYunque #STEM #Science #Research #PuertoRico #TropicalEcology

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TRACE @forestwarming.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

TRACE Summer 2025❗ Please join us in welcoming our new summer cohort! We have a mix of interns 🏫, PhD candidates, Postdocs, and PIs. Stay tuned for introductions, lots of research, and summer fun! 😄 #TRACE #PuertoRico #ElYunque #ForestWarming #Research #STEM #LTER

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TRACE @forestwarming.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Flowers of the #PuertoRico royal palm (𝙍𝙤𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙖) fell in the #TRACE leaf litter baskets🌸 #ForestWarming #Nature #ElYunque #Observation #PuertoRico #leaflitter #TropicalEcology #Ecology #biomass

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TRACE @forestwarming.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Congratulating Nibia Becerra Santillán for her #research with Deyaneira Ortiz Iglesias, @csoconn.bsky.social @tanawood.bsky.social: field manipulation & lab incubation exp looking at the impact of manipulated rain, antecedent #soil moisture & #warming on soil C, N, microbial dynamics & soil GHG🎉

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TRACE @forestwarming.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Recently replaced a #soil moisture and temperature sensor at the #TRACE site 🤩 #ForestWarming #TropicalForests #SoilScience

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TRACE @forestwarming.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Started #fieldwork just before sunrise for collection of canopy photos and leaf area measurements inside the #TRACE plots. #ForestWarming #TropicalForest

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TRACE @forestwarming.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Oct 2024: TRACE tech Deyaneira Ortiz visited schools in the West coast of #PuertoRico & talked about #oceanacidification, #soil & the #ForestWarming project!👩🏽‍🏫 Through this effort by Luquillo #LTER Data Jam, students asked questions & were excited to learn throughout! #Outreach #Education #Science

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