ECT will have an exhibition stand at the British Ecological Society’s Annual Meeting in Edinburgh, 18-21 December. Please stop by Stand 2 if you are attending the event to try out our latest Virtual Reality headset tour of the local Whim Bog experiment, or browse some free ecology books to take away for a suggested optional donation to ECT.
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 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 MoreECT featured in the 12 March issue of New Scientist magazine, with a ‘Signal Boost’ article (pictured left, p33) explaining what we do, why it is important and seeking support for our charity. It includes a stunning aerial image of the awe-inspiring Whim Bog experiment in the Scottish Borders, now running for 20 years. The issue is available behind the usual paywall via the New Scientist online platform.
Read MoreAt the recent EAB2021 conference in Liverpool, ECT launched its new VR headset tour of the Whim Bog long-term nitrogen deposition experiment located in the Scottish Borders just south of Edinburgh. Delegates experienced 360-degree embedded videos of PIs Matt Jones and Netty van Dijk talking about the science of Whim, together with an innovative high-level (200ft) flyover of the site in a virtual hot air balloon!
Read MoreECT is participating in next week’s BES Festival of Ecology being held online 14-18 December. Using the vFairs platform, we have designed a booth (pictured) which you can visit online and which showcases four of the long-term experiments on ECT’s register. Top billing goes to the Whim Bog experiment in Scotland, for which we have ten 360-degree video tours accessible from within the stand exclusively to registered delegates for the duration of the event. For further information, view the BES website.
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