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One of ECT’s founding trustees, Jonathan Silvertown, writes about the ‘pre-history’ to the RainDrop experiment which even pre-dated the formation of ECT as a charity. Read it here.
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Read our latest blog post from Cicely Marshall (University of Cambridge) following her ECT-funded work (via our Small Grants Scheme) using several LTEs on our national register to evaluate Defra’s statutory Biodiversity Metric 3.0. Cicely’s results have been published in the Journal of Applied Ecology.
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Adam Kiani from the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research shares his recent experience of an ECT-supported project to establish a long-term archive of leaf-litter samples from the BIFoR-FACE elevated CO₂ experiment in Staffordshire. Read his blog post, and read more about the BIFoR-FACE LTE, running continuously since 2017.
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Chris Taylor and Luke England from the University of Sheffield relate the latest research results from an ECT-supported project on elevated CO₂ grassland mesocosms linked with the Wardlow Hay Cop LTE in Derbyshire. Read their blog post, and read more about the Wardlow Hay Cop LTE, running continuously since 1990.
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Graham McAuliffe and Laura Cardenas from Rothamsted Research relate the latest research results on nitrous oxide emissions (a greenhouse gas) from grazed grassland at the North Wyke Farm Platform LTE in Devon. Read their blog post, and read more about the NWFP.
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ECT Ten Years On, by Jonathan Silvertown. Read Jonathan’s review of where ECT came from and what we have achieved in our first ten years.
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Student Rowan Davis reflects on her undergraduate research project at RainDrop. Read the RainDrop blog.
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Dr Richard Payne (University of York), writes about the long-term experiment he works on in Wales and the importance of bog research. Read Richard's blog here.
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The Lena Ward plots on Aston Rowant Nature were awarded a grant of £2000 to facilitate the upgrade of fencing around plots. Jessica Bays, the former ECT Engagement Officer joined volunteers on site. Read her blog here.
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Jessica Bays (ECT Engagement Officer) wrote a blog on her visit to the newly established long-term experiment RainDrop. The ECT partnered with the Open University, the University of Oxford and the Patsy Wood Trust to set it up.
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