Come and find us next week in Belfast 12-15 December at Stand No.17 in the exhibition hall at the British Ecological Society’s 2023 Annual Meeting. We will be showcasing our latest VR experience for the Plynlimon Research Catchments experiment installed on our brand new Oculus Quest 2 headsets. The virtual hot-air-balloon flight is not to be missed!
Read MoreA brand-new webpage for the long-term Plynlimon Research Catchments experiment in the Cambrian Mountains of mid-Wales is now available on our website. Follow the link above for our ‘new look’ to our LTE site pages, containing a mine of information for multiple audiences. The Plynlimon experiment has now been running for 56 years!
Read MoreAccess a recording of our most recent webinar (15 September) with Alan Radbourne and Jack Cosby (pictured) from the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology at Bangor speaking about 56 years of research at the Plynlimon Research Catchments long-term land use experiment in mid-Wales. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to receive direct notifications of new webinar recordings, posted every two months.
Read MoreOn Friday 15 September, ECT will be hosting its next two-monthly webinar with speakers Alan Radbourne and Jack Cosby (UKCEH Bangor) presenting over 50 years of research at the Plynlimon Research Catchments long-term experiment in mid Wales. See our webinars page for further details and registration.
Read MoreIn close partnership with UKCEH Bangor and our technology providers Maple Bay Games/Aerialworx drone-filming, ECT spent two days in mid-Wales this month taking 360-degree film footage of the Plynlimon Catchments long-term term land use experiment. This will form the basis of our latest Virtual Reality (VR) headset experience which will ‘debut’ at the BES 2023 Annual Meeting in Belfast 12-15 December. Be sure to try it out!
Read MoreThis month’s edition of the BES quarterly magazine The Niche features an article on the Plynlimon Catchments LTE in mid-Wales, co-authored with PI Bridget Emmett from UKCEH Bangor.
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 MoreECT has registered the Plynlimon Catchments long-term experiment in mid-Wales in our national network of currently active LTEs. Running since 1968 and now under the care of PI Alan Radbourne at UKCEH, the two freshwater catchments compare the impacts of differing land uses (grazing/conifer planting) on freshwater ecosystem services. Look out for a new webpage for this LTE coming soon, and view our ‘Sites’ page for information on all the LTEs on ECT’s register.
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