Our mission involves answering the following questions:

• What processes in forest ecosystems are sensitive to physical and chemical changes in the atmosphere?
• How future physical and chemical climate changes will influence the structure, function, and productivity of forest and related ecosystems, and to what extent forest ecosystems will change in response to atmospheric changes?
• What are the implications for forest management and how must forest management activities be altered to sustain forest productivity, health, and diversity?

Focus Topics

Carbon Cycle Research:

The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon & Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect

New: Comprehensive Database of Diameter-based Biomass Regressions for North American Tree Species GTR-NE-319

U.S. & State Carbon Budget Estimates

Ecosystem Research:

Baltimore LTER (AmeriFlux Tower)

"FACE" Experiment

Fire

Tree Species Migration

Watershed Research:

Delaware River Basin Collaborative Environmental Monitoring & Research Initiative (CEMRI)

Chesapeake Bay Watershed