Kayleigh Getkin

In October 2024, NSF announced that the next phase of the Jornada Basin LTER program (JRN-8) will be funded through 2030! This is excellent news, recognizing the importance of the JRN-LTER research that NSF has funded continuously for 42 years (48 years by 2030). This program would not be successful without the effort and commitment […]

The Jornada Information Management (IM) team had a busy year with both data publishing and infrastructure upgrades. In 2024, we added over 18 new datasets to our primary data catalog at the EDI repository for a total of 394. Some highlights included the addition of camera trapping datasets from the Ecotone experiment[1] and long-term water

Novel Use of Image Time-Series to Distinguish Dryland Vegetation Responses to Wet and Dry Years by Dawn Browning New results from Emily Myers and her collaborators found that rain plays a crucial role in shaping the greenery patterns of semi-arid grasslands, with some surprising twists when it comes to places dominated by grasses versus those

At the end of a one-hour lesson on desert animal adaptations, a 4th grader tapped an Asombro staff member on the shoulder and said, “This is the best day I’ve had in a really long time.” Thanks to a 26-year partnership between the Jornada Basin LTER and the nonprofit Asombro Institute for Science Education, we

Rohit Subhedar is a PhD student at New Mexico State University working with Professor Niall Hanan in the Plant and Environmental Sciences department. He is broadly interested in understanding what factors maintain savannas globally. More specifically, however, he is interested in the effects of top-down factors such as fire and mammal herbivory on savanna vegetation.