A new paper from the 169-year-long Park Grass experiment has just been published in the journal npj Biodiversity titled: ‘Trade-off between pollinator-wildflower diversity & grassland yields’. The Guardian picked up on this publication with their article High fertiliser use halves numbers of pollinators, world’s longest study finds.
Read MoreThe Whim Bog long-term nitrogen deposition experiment in the Scottish Borders featured on Scotland’s BBC Alba this week. A recording is available via the BBC’s iPlayer and the relevant section starts at 43 minutes into the programme. The recording will be available for the next three weeks.
Read MoreThe latest science to emerge from the BIFoR-FACE long-term woodland CO₂ elevation experiment in Staffordshire was featured this week on the BBC’s Midlands Today programme.
Read MoreThe University of Oxford has published a new RainDrop video as part of its ongoing series Laboratory with Leaves. Titled The Climate Time Machine, the video features PI Andy Hector and researcher Sara Middleton explaining the importance of this LTE at Wytham.
Read MoreThe NWFP long-term experimental site featured briefly in an episode of the BBC’s Countryfile programme which aired at the end of July. Positioned in the context of the new Food Strategy and sustainable land use, the coverage starts from approximately 18 minutes into the programme at the link above, and features Graham McAuliffe from Rothamsted Research at North Wyke.
Read MoreA recent article on the BBC Science & Environment webpages focused Rothamsted Research's commitment to making complex data from long-term experiments accessible and useable. Rothamsted is a member of the GODAN Initiative, and works to help promote the sharing of open data, making information about agriculture and nutrition freely available.
Read MoreFloodplain Meadow Partnership conducted their regular fritillary count and survey of the water-management trial plots at North Meadow, Cricklade in Spring. Monitoring is going strong and now in its 18th year the fritillary count attracted over thirty volunteers and was showcased by BBC1's Countryfile programme.
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