We are an ecology charity that preserves long-term experiments (LTEs) to understand how environmental changes affect different habitats over long timescales. #LongTermExperiments #Ecology
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Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT)
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Peatlands are powerful. Here are just a few reasons why…
1. Peatland vegetation slows the flow of rainfall which helps reduce the risk of flooding in nearby towns and villages. Peatlands only cover around 3% of the world's surface but contains more carbon than all the world's rainforests.
By looking at different fractions of carbon & mineralisation potential, a new paper from the BIFoR-FACE #LTE at the @unibirmingham.bsky.social has found that different tree species & seasons can affect #CarbonSequestration.
bit.ly/4eop5Rw 🍁🌏
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Predicting soil carbon sequestration after reforesting former farmland requires understanding how tree types and seasons influence fast- and slow-cycling carbon in the rhizosphere. This study investig...
We have #LTESiteOfTheWeek going on Facebook at the moment.
So if you are a PI who works at an ECT-registered #LTE, head over there to follow us, find the #LTE you work at, & share that with your friends & family!
bit.ly/ECTFb
(We’re currently on the L-named LTEs.)
Register for our next lunchtime #webinar where we will have @peatymike.bsky.social from @liverpooluni.bsky.social speaking about the Migneint Bog #LTE in #Snowdonia, #Wales.
bit.ly/ECTWebinarsE...
#Peatbog #Restoration
Our two-monthly #newsletter is for anyone who likes to hear about new publications, events & updates from the #ecological #LongTermExperiments #LTEs in our network & from our partners.
Subscribe now: bit.ly/ECTNews 🌏
1/2 For #InternationalArchivesDay, we want to highlight @rothamsted.bsky.social’s archive.
Started by Sir John B. Lawes & Sir Joseph H. Gilbert, this archive contains 300,00 crop & soil samples from many experiments, including the Broadbalk & Park Grass #LTEs & from around the world!
The Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee has launched a call for evidence on how Government should nurture #upland farms & #landscapes.
Their goal is to understand the challenges facing upland #farmers & land managers, & how to support them.
bit.ly/3RTi6HC 🌏
2/2 Today the Electronic Rothamsted Archive complements the physical one which is constantly being updated with digital data.
Read about the time when the London @rsb.org.uk group visited the Park Grass #LTE & saw the archive bit.ly/4aJ8RNW
#InternationalArchivesDay 🌏
Rights of Nature - a growing movement?
We explored what Rights of Nature means, where the concept comes from, and what role ecologists can play.
Read here👇 🧪🌎
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/righ...
Our next #webinar will feature @peatymike.bsky.social from @liverpooluni.bsky.social talking about the Migneint Bog #LTE in #Wales that has been going since 2011.
Register for it: bit.ly/ECTWebinarsE...
#Peatbog #Restoration 🌏
The EFRA Committee has launched a call for evidence to find out about the challenges facing upland farmers and land managers, and how the Government can best support them.
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What does Right of Nature mean and what role can ecologists play in the movement? We explore from a UK perspective.
