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   Diane McKnight gives a distinguished research lecture at CU on Oct-29-2015.  There are only 4 of these this year, a great honor for Diane.. | 
          
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  MCMLTER PI Adrian Howkins released a new book on the Environmental History of the Poles. | 
  
  New study in the journal Geology involving Peter Doran and LTER collaborator Ian Hawes provides insight into the origin of photosynthesis and oxygen on early Earth | 
  
  
Diana’s plenary talk really summarized both her terrific career and the great value of long-term data from the dry valleys | 
          
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  Graduate students presented their latest work at the August 2015 MCM LTER All hands meeting held at the end of August, in Boulder CO. | 
  
  Happy Earth Day! In This Interview, Biologist Byron Adams Explains His Research At The McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research Site | 
  
  Ben Harding, current field team lead of the Stream Team. | 
          
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  Diane is the 2015 winner of the John Dalton Medal of the European Geosciences Union | 
  
  Congrats to John Priscu for getting the Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Pioneer Award | 
  
  Dr. Peter Doran joins the Louisiana State University as the first holder of the John Franks Endowed Chair. | 
          
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  John Priscu describes diversity of life discovered in Lake Whillans, West Antarctica sub-glacial lake water | 
  
  While you should expect some changes in content, you can start visiting the MCM LTER website we put together for the upcoming review (Jan 21-24 2014) | 
  
  Diana Wall was presented with the Soil Science Society of America's (SSSA) highest honor, the Presidential Award. The organization presented Wall with the award at their 2013 annual meeting. | 
          
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  Levy said on a recent findings at Garwood:"We're seeing the first Arctic-style change to the permafrost in Antarctica". Read more on Nature Sci. Reports | 
  
  Murray, Doran and others reached news outlets around the world: The PNAS publication titled "Microbial life at -13 deg. in the brine of an ice-sealed Antarctic lake" is echoed in many world press outlets. | 
  
  John's reflections on his ~30 years of Antarctica field research |