Our latest podcast interview is now available. It features Jon Millett (pictured, Loughborough University) bringing to life the Ainsdale Dune Slacks long-term grazing experiment that has been running for 45 years. Listen to Jon Millett.
Read MoreA new page is now available on the ECT website for the Ruabon Moor long-term nitrogen deposition and burning experiment on upland heath near Wrexham in north-east Wales. Follow the link above for new detail on the history, impacts and future potential of this valuable LTE research site, now running for 31 years.
Read MoreECT has teamed up with the UK Environmental Change Network (UKECN) to host a 1.5-hour thematic session titled Long-term environmental monitoring - challenges & opportunities at the upcoming online Annnual Meeting of the British Ecological Society (BES) on 14 December. For further information & registration for the wider conference, view the BES website.
Read MoreThe latest paper to emerge from over 25 years work at the Brignant Plots in mid-Wales has been published by PI Mariecia Fraser and colleagues in Science of the Total Environment. You can view the publication via our Brignant bibliography.
Read MoreListen to Simon Peacock of Newcastle University bringing to life the research and its impacts from the 124-year-long grazing/nutrient addition grassland experiment at Palace Leas in Northumberland.
Read MoreECT is now eligible to receive donations from the AmazonSmile Foundation whenever its customers use the AmazonSmile platform and select ECT as their chosen charity. AmazonSmile donates 0.5% of the value of eligible purchases directly to ECT at check-out, at no additional cost to the online buyer. To switch to AmazonSmile for online purchasing, access the platform here.
Read MoreECT’s September newsletter is now published and available to download here. This issue headlines with the publication of our Annual Report and Accounts for 2019, and features updates from several LTEs on our register. Plus wildfire recovery research, our latest podcasts, blog post and grant award under our Small Grants Scheme.
Read MoreListen to Gareth Phoenix of Sheffield University bringing to life the research and its impacts from the Wardlow Hay Cop long-term nitrogen deposition experiment in Derbyshire.
Read MoreThe latest journal paper from the Brignant Plots LTE at Pwllpeiran in mid-Wales has just been published by PI Mariecia Fraser in Nature Scientific Reports. The paper looks at the impacts of upland grassland management on arthropod dynamics.
Read MoreFollowing ECT-funded work on dung fungi as proxy indicators of grazing pressure in peatlands, Althea Davies from the University of St Andrews has published a paper in Review of Palaeobotany & Palynology. Althea used ECT’s grant for the component of the work conducted at the Moor House LTE in Upper Teesdale.
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