ECT has registered the Hillsborough long-term slurry experiment near Belfast in its national network of active LTEs. Running for 50 years, this is the first LTE to be registered by ECT in Northern Ireland and is led by AFBI researcher Dario Fornara. Pending a new webpage for this LTE, you can read more on the AFBI website. Find more information about all the sites on our ‘Sites’ page.
Read MoreListen to Chris Field of Manchester Metropolitan University bringing to life the research and its impacts from Little Budworth Common long-term nitrogen deposition experiment in Cheshire.
Read MoreECT’s seventh webinar is coming up on 26 March, featuring guest speaker Giulio Curioni from the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR) on data curation & sample archiving at the BIFoR-FACE experiment in Norbury, Staffordshire. For further details and joining instructions, register via our ‘Webinars’ page.
Read MoreListen to Operations Manager Kris Hart answering ECT’s questions about the awe-inspiring BIFoR-FACE elevated CO₂ long-term experiment at Norbury in Staffordshire.
Read MoreECT is recruiting new trustees to supplement its existing Board of voluntary members. View our recruitment advert and person specification. Full application packs are available on request from ECT’s Executive Director. The closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday 20 March 2020.
Read MoreECT interviewed Professor Jonathan Silvertown of the University of Edinburgh at the recent BIFoR-FACE annual conference in Birmingham, where he was giving a talk on the importance and value of long-term ecological field experiments. Listen to the podcast.
Read MoreECT’s sixth webinar is coming up on 24 January, featuring guest speaker Sabine Reinsch from CEH Bangor on long-term climate manipulation at the Clocaenog LTE in North Wales. For further details and joining instructions, register via our ‘Webinars’ page.
Read MoreECT is pleased to announce the award of a Maintenance Grant to Professor Andreas Heinemeyer at the University of York. Andreas will be using ECT funds for the repair and maintenance of the CO₂ gas analysers used at the three sites comprising the Peatland-ES-UK long-term experiment. If you are interested in using these sites for research, view our webpage for the experiment.
Read MoreECT is pleased to announce the award of its latest Small Grant to Dr Kris Hart at the University of Birmingham towards the costs of archiving data and samples at the BIFoR-FACE LTE in Norbury, Staffordshire. This is ECT’s first data curation award. See more information on our BIFoR-FACE webpage.
Read MoreECT has launched a brand new YouTube channel. You can subscribe here and view our first introductory video featuring Edinburgh’s Jonathan Silvertown speaking about long-term ecological experiments.
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