ECT’s next two-monthly webinar is scheduled for 7 October 2022 and will feature guest speaker Richard Bardgett from the University of Manchester. Richard will be speaking about the long-term grassland restoration experiment at Colt Park Meadows in the Yorkshire Dales, followed by our usual moderated Q&A with participants. For further details and to register, access our ‘Webinars’ page.
Read MoreAccess a recording of our most recent webinar (15 July) featuring Mick Crawley, Professor Emeritus at Imperial College Silwood Park, speaking about the long-term experiments and monitoring studies at Silwood in Berkshire. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to receive notifications of new recordings, where you may also view recordings of our previous webinars held every two months.
Read MorePlaces are still available for our hosted tour of the Whim Bog experiment in the Scottish Borders on the morning of Friday 5 August. This follows ECT’s Fringe Event at the World Congress of Soil Science in Glasgow on 4 August. For further details on the tour, and to register, see our Events page.
Read MoreListen to Alan Radbourne and Jack Cosby from the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology at Bangor bringing to life 50 years of continuous research at the Plynlimon Research Catchments in the headwaters of the Rivers Severn and Wye in upland mid-Wales.
Read MoreListen to Steve Ormerod from Cardiff University bringing to life 40 years of research at the Llyn Brianne Stream Observatory in the Cambrian Mountains of mid-Wales.
Read MoreECT’s quarterly newsletter for June is now published via our newsletter archive page. It includes updates from the BIFoR-FACE and Peatland-ES-UK experiments, new publications from the Moor House experiments and the addition of a ‘new’ LTE to ECT’s register, together with notice of our major in-person event at the World Congress of Soil Science on 4 August.
Read MoreECT has awarded a Small Grant to Dr Ellen Fry at Edge Hill University, Ormskirk for equipment installation at the Ainsdale Dune Slacks long-term grazing experiment in west Lancashire. Our award will contribute towards the costs of installing mini-rhizotrons at the plots to photograph and monitor root growth.
Read MoreECT is pleased to announce the award of a further Small Grant this month to Dr Julia Cooper at Newcastle University for data curation work at the Palace Leas grazing/fertilisation experiment in Northumberland. Our award will contribute towards staff costs involved in properly curating over 120 years of data generated from the experiment.
Read MoreECT’s next two-monthly webinar is scheduled for 15 July 2022 and will feature guest speaker Mick Crawley from Imperial College. Mick will be speaking about the long-term field experiments at Silwood Park in Berkshire - particularly Nash’s Field and Pound Hill - followed by our usual moderated Q&A with participants. For further details and to register, access our ‘Webinars’ page.
Read MoreECT is pleased to announce the award of its latest Small Grant to PhD student Andrea Rabbai at the University of Birmingham towards his project at the BIFoR-FACE long-term experiment in Staffordshire. Our award will contribute to the costs of phenocam installation at the experiment for studies into the response of young mixed and monoculture tree plantations to an innovative ‘fertigation’ management system.
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