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The Aspen FACE (Free-Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment) Experiment is a multidisciplinary study to assess the effects of increasing tropospheric ozone and carbon dioxide levels on the structure and function of northern forest ecosystems. Aspen FACE continued in 2010 as the Northern Forest Ecosystem Experiment (NFEE), funded by the US Forest Service. Original trees were harvested during 2009 and a new forest vigorously sprouted under the FACE treatments in 2010 before treatments were discontinued. Researchers interested in data or samples from FACE and NFEE should fill out a research registration form using the link above. Located at the Harshaw Experimental Forest near Rhinelander, Wisconsin, the Aspen FACE Experiment operates as a DOE User Facility , and is a collaborative effort among the following organizations: Michigan Technological University US Forest Service Northern Research Station Brookhaven National Laboratory (FACTS I) Natural Resources Research Institute University of Michigan University of Wisconsin, Madison Estonian Academy of Science Canadian Forest Service Slovak Forest Resources Institute Academy of Finland University of Nevada-Reno Distribution of species within ring. The Aspen FACE experiment consists of twelve 30m rings in which the concentrations of carbon dioxide and tropospheric ozone can be controlled. The design provides the ability to assess the effects of these gasses alone, and in combination, on many ecosystem attributes, including growth, leaf development, root characteristics, and soil carbon. Each ring consists of a series of vertical ventpipes which disperse carbon dioxide, ozone or normal air into the center of the ring. This computer controlled system uses signal feedback technology to adjust gas release each second in order to maintain a stable, elevated concentration of carbon dioxide and/or ozone throughout the experimental plot. Because there is no confinement, there is no significant change in the natural, ambient environment other than elevating these trace gas concentrations. What's New The following is a list of recent accomplishments for the project. Notices on events, meetings, publications, and new links are published here. June 2011 View Joseph Darbah'slatest J. Env. Monitoring paper (in PDF format) here: Darbah JEnvMonit June 2011 View Ivan Edward's latest Global Change Biologyl paper (in PDF format) here: Edwards Global Change March 2011 View Kirsten Hofmockel's latest Biology & Biochemistry paper (in PDF format) here: Hofmockel Biology & Biochemistry June 2011 View Gabriela Onandia's latest Environmental Pollution paper (in PDF format) here: Onandia ENPO June 2011 View Alan Talhelm's latest Ecosystems paper (in PDF format) here: In Press June 2010 View Michael Hillstrom's latest Plant and Soil paper (in PDF format) here: Hillstrom Plant and Soil April 2010 View Timothy Meehan's latest Soil Biology and Biochemistry paper (in PDF format) here: Meehan Soil Biology April 2010 View Johan Uddling's latest Environmental Pollution paper (in PDF format) here: Uddling ENPO April 2010 View Helen Tai's latest Environmental Pollution paper (in PDF format) here: Tai ENPO April 2010 View Johanna Riikonen's latest Environmental Pollution paper (in PDF format) here: Riikonen ENPO April 2010 View Lee Rhea's latest Environmental Pollution paper (in PDF format) here: Rhea ENPO April 2010 View Asko Noormets' latest Environmental Pollution paper (in PDF format) here: Noormets ENPO April 2010 View Justin McGrath's latest Environmental Pollution paper (in PDF format) here: McGrath ENPO April 2010 View Kathryn Lenz's latest Environmental Pollution paper (in PDF format) here: Lenz ENPO April 2010 View Sari Kontunen-Soppela's latest Environmental Pollution paper (in PDF format) here: Kontunen-Soppela ENPO April 2010 View Katre Kets' latest Environmental Pollution paper (in PDF format) here: Kets ENPO April 2010 View Joseph Darbah's latest Environmental Pollution papers (in PDF format) here: Darbah ENPO(1) and ENPO(2) April 2010 View Carlo Calfapietra's latest Environmental Pollution paper (in PDF format) here: Calfapietra ENPO April 2010 View Leanne Vigue's latest Agricultural and Forest Entomology paper (in PDF format) here: Vigue Agric&ForEntom February2010 View Lingli Liu's latest two papers (in PDF format) here: Liu Ecosystems and Liu Global Change February 2010 View Victoria Wittig's latest Global Change Biology paper (in PDF format) here: Wittig Global Change February 2010 View Johan Uddling's latest Tree Physiology paper (in PDF format) here: Uddling Tree Physiol and Environ Pollut February 2010 View Leland Cseke's latest New Phytologist paper (in PDF format) here: Cseke New Phytol February 2010 View Carlo Calfapietra's latest Trends in Plant Science paper (in PDF format) here: Calfapietra Trends For complete citation information, go to http://www.elsevier.com/copyright February 2010 View Carrie Andrew's latest Ecology Letters paper (in PDF format) here: Andrew Ecology January 2010 View Richard Lindroth's latest Journal of Chemical Ecology paper (in PDF format) here: Lindroth J Chem Ecol September 2009 View Alan Talhlem's latest Ecology Letters paper (in PDF format) here: Talhlem Ecology Letters September 2009 View 2009 AspenFACE Newsletters (in PDF format) here: January and September 2009 June 2009 Summer harvest began June 8. May 2009 David F. Karnosky Laboratory dedicated on May 15. View the story written in the Daily Mining Gazette here: Mining Gazette View USFS story here: USFS April 2009 AspenFACE was featured in Scientific American on April 7. View the story here: Scientific American February 2009 View Joseph Darbah's latest Evironmental Pollution article here: Darbah Environmental January 2009 View the latest news on the summer harvest of 2009 here: Harvest View full detail (in PDF format) here: Details 2001-08 Click here for past news, .pdfs and videos from 2001-2008. Visit other FACE, global change, and modeling web sites here: AspenFACE Meteorological Data Duke University FACE site The FACE Program at Brookhaven National Labratory AspenFACE Micromet Tower Data FACE for Agronomic Crops - Maricopa, Arizona BIOCON - The University of Minnesota Grassland FACE site The Northern Forest Ecosystem Experiment (NFEE) is funded by the US Forest Service. The Aspen FACE Experiment is funded principally by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research. Additional support is from the USFS Global Change Program, Michigan Technological University, the Canadian Forest Service and the USFS Northern Research Station. For more information on this project, contact Dr. Andrew J. Burton (Michigan Technological University) at (906) 487-2566 or mailto:ajburton@mtu.edu , or Dr. Mark E. Kubiske (Northern Research Station) at (715) 362-1108 or mailto:mkubiske@fs.fed.us . For questions or suggestions regarding this website, please contact Wendy Jones at mailto:wsjones@mtu.edu . Last updated: MAY, 2012...