Our #charity #AnnualReport has now been published which highlights our achievements & finances for 2025. Everyone can read our report here: tinyurl.com/ECTReport2025

Don’t miss our lunchtime #webinar on the 21 August when Tim King from @ox.ac.uk will be speaking about the Aston Rowant #LTE in #England. Register: bit.ly/ECTWebinarsE... #Grassland @chilternsnl.bsky.social

Subscribe to our podcast series to get notifications immediately whenever we upload a new #podcast episode. Find us on SoundCloud bit.ly/ECTSoundcloud or on your favourite podcast platform. #LTE #Ecology #LongTermExperiments #ClimateChange 🌏

If you have received a small grant from us in the past, please remember to acknowledge us in the relevant publication. Thank you!

ICYMI, the date for the #RLASSymposium 2027 has been announced. The theme for the second symposium is Designing Landscape Projects for Impact & it will take place in Manchester on the 3-4 February 2027. Watch this space: https://tinyurl.com/RLAS2027 #ResilientLandscapesAndSeas 🌏

“Long-term studies are the only way that cumulative or slow-acting impacts can be detected”. This is why we support #researchers doing #LongTermExperiments #LTEs. The quote is from this @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social paper: bit.ly/3lMqu8i 🌏

Join our #LongTermExperiment #LTE user group if: You are interested in LTEs You want to become part of a wider network You want to participate in knowledge exchange & you want your LTE #ecology news to reach more people More information & how to join is here: bit.ly/ECTUserG #Research #Network

A new paper from the Park Grass #LTE has shown that polyculture can actually mitigate against #environmental risks (weather variability & #soil treatment) that usually threaten monoculture. This has implications for systems #agroecology.  See the paper: https://tinyurl.com/r7vabprp

We are happy to welcome 2 new #trustees!  Rebecca Roberts who joins as a #trustee works at @rbgkew.bsky.social Wakehurst, & Lindsey Atkinson who joins the Board as the Honorary Secretary is a retired plant #environmental #physiologist.  Read their bios: https://bit.ly/4o1Jgrz  #Charity

We are facing #environmental change. But #evidence from #ecological #LongTermExperiments #LTE can help collate the resources that future generations will need to manage this change. #Donate to the ECT so we can preserve LTEs http://bit.ly/ECTDonate  #ClimateChange #Charity 🌏

If you missed our June #newsletter, you can read it here:   tinyurl.com/ECTJune26 Find out about the news from the Migneint Bog #LTE in Wales, details about the #RLASSymposium, new papers, & news from our networks. 🌏

About 2 wks ago ECT trustee Dave Stone visited the N. Irish #LTE Hillsborough as part of a @jncc.bsky.social trip.  This gave him & his colleagues a chance to discuss the potential of the plots to illuminate the slurry’s effects on the soil biota.  http://bit.ly/HillsboroughNI 🌏

We have awarded a maintenance grant to Andy Hector at @ox.ac.uk & Kadmiel Maseyk at @openuniversity.bsky.social towards equipment replacement & maintenance costs at the RainDrop #LTE. The award is also supported by the @rambleworldwide.bsky.social. bit.ly/RainDropECT 🌏

A new paper from the BIFoR-FACE #LTE at @unibirmingham.bsky.social shows that elevated CO2 increases the biomass & changes the morphology of the fine roots of trees. This implies that forests adapt to the increased CO2 & remain a carbon sink. Read the paper: tinyurl.com/2sj8ccea 🌏🍁

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 🌏

We have a new podcast interview out! We interviewed @peatymike.bsky.social from the @liverpooluni.bsky.social about the Migneint Bog #LTE in #Wales. Here Mike explains how he used the ECT small grant & about the impact of this #LTE on the water quality at Snowdonia. tinyurl.com/477ym98e 🌏

There are 3 ways we have impact. Our impact lies in placing scientific #evidence from #LongTermExperiments #LTEs at the heart of #policymaking which brings economical and societal benefits to scientists, land-owners, stakeholders & the public. More: bit.ly/ECTImpact 🌏

Make sure you register for our lunchtime webinar by tomorrow at 5pm to hear @peatymike.bsky.social from @liverpooluni.bsky.social talking about the Migneint Bog #LTE in #Wales that has been going since 2011. To register, see bit.ly/ECTWebinarsE... 🌏

In the summer edition of The Niche, Ben Sykes (ECT) reports on the first #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium which was held in Edinburgh back in February. Subscribers can read it in the Friends of the Society Section @britishecologicalsociety.org #RLASPartnership 🌏

It’s #CleanAirDay so here is an #LTE that is part of the Air Pollution Recovery Indicators Project (APRI): Thursley Common is managed by Dr Jill Kowal at @kew-gardens.bsky.social & APRI is Defra-funded & includes several partner organisations. Read more: bit.ly/3S5UnUH 🌎 #CleanAirDay2026

Will you attend our lunch time webinar this month? @peatymike.bsky.social from @liverpooluni.bsky.social‬ will be talking about the Migneint Bog #LTE in #Wales that has been going since 2011. Register: https://bit.ly/ECTWebinarsEvents #Peatbog #Restoration 🌍

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.)

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 🌏

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!

Find out why we are a unique #ecological #charity & if you want to watch the full video, head to YouTube bit.ly/ECTLongView

If you missed any of the #RLAS2026 blogs, catch them here: Landscape-scale Transformation: bit.ly/3NYJORJ Problematic language & ideas..... bit.ly/4ciO32L Collaborating at scale for nature and people bit.ly/40n4ntG @mikemorecroft.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social 🌏

If you have received a #SmallGrant from us in the past, please remember to acknowledge us in the relevant #publication. Thank you!

Evidence is everything when it comes to preserving the #environment & #LongTermExperiments #LTE yield valuable #evidence to enact change & preserve the environment. That’s why our goal is to secure #LTEs. Help us achieve our goal bit.ly/ECTDonate 🌏

Last week we visited the Migneint Bog #LTE in #Wales. We met with @peatymike.bsky.social & his team from @liverpooluni.bsky.social & he also demonstrated how the automated water table loggers are stored in situ in the dipwells; equipment that was recently funded through our small grants scheme 🌏

4/5 Grazing can increase #plant #biodiversity which has helped restore the Somerford Mead floodplain #meadow. This #LTE is managed by @openuniversity.bsky.social & @floodplainmead.bsky.social, & has been going since 1985: bit.ly/SomerfordM #InternationalBiodiversityDay 🌏