Submit your abstract for the @actris.bsky.social ACTRIS Science Conference 2026 by November 21st! 📢 #eLTERcommunity

🌍 Discover how AI is reshaping Earth science! Join the #EGIeinfra GeoGPT Webinar on 10 Dec (10:00 CET) to explore the world’s first open, ethical LLM for geoscience—turning maps & papers into interactive insights. 💡 Speaker: Dr. Grant Boquet (Zhejiang Lab) 👉 www.egi.eu/event/webina...

🌊 Europe’s waters are full of life — and a few oddballs! From seagrass meadows to deep-sea realms, explore how MARCO-BOLO helps protect aquatic biodiversity across rivers, coasts & oceans. 💙 Find out which aquatic oddball you are 👉 marcobolo-project.eu/the-waters-w...

The fifth edition of the "International Science Festival: agriculture, food, environment" is devoted to the issues surrounding food security, food system sustainability and natural resource preservation in a context of population growth and climate change. Learn more: www.cirad.fr/les-actualit...

🌊 Dive into Blue Carbon! The 5th MOD Alliance Webinar, hosted by @marco-bolo.bsky.social , explores mapping carbon in Europe’s seagrass beds using remote sensing, ocean data & the new EURO-CARBON database. 🗓️ 27 Nov 2025 | 🕛 12:00 CET | 💻 Zoom | 🎙️ Natalya Gallo (NORCE) #BlueCarbon #Biodiversity

🌿 Looking for long-term ecosystem data? The eLTER Market Place links researchers with coordinators of 100+ Sites & Platforms across Europe. Request specific data, explore collaborations & join EU research efforts 👉 elter-ri.eu/elter-market...

💻 Learn good, modern coding practices for scientific software! The S³ School (14–21 Jan 2026, Annecy, France) by #OSCARS and #EVERSE empowers researchers & RSEs to build sustainable, open & reproducible research software through expert lectures & hands-on training 👉 indico.in2p3.fr/event/36319/...

💬 How can academia better support work–life balance? Join our Site and Platform Forum webinar on 5 Nov 1-2pm CEST to discuss inclusive practices & challenges for researchers balancing careers & caregiving. Outcomes feed into eLTER's Equality & Equity Team’s work 👉 elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...

Looking to access a wide range of long-term ecosystem research sites across Europe? The 2nd IRISCC Open Call for Transnational Access is open until 28 November! Access funding available through the #IRISCC project - apply now!

Discover IRISCC opportunities at the RICH Europe Webinar on 24 Nov, 16:00 CET! IRISCC's Sabine Philippin will present our Access Program for climate risk research. Free online participation. ℹ️ More info: www.iriscc.eu/event/discov...

Attention eLTER community! 🌍 Join the AGORA Training School (1–19 June 2026) at Andalusian Global Observatory of the Atmosphere (AGORA), Granada, Spain. Advance your skills in aerosol characterization via in-situ and remote sensing methods. Apply by 28 Feb 2026. atmosphere.ugr.es/about/presen...

Moments from #LivingData2025, held this week in Bogotá, Colombia! Presentations, knowledge exchange, task groups, strategies, and new insights for the ongoing discussion about research projects and their sustainability plans. Well done!, everyone! @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org

Protecting and restoring ecosystems, accelerating technological innovation, embedding carbon dioxide removal into EU and national climate strategies, and establishing transparent carbon pricing and certification frameworks. Read more: elter-ri.eu/news/elter-r... 🌍 #eLTERcommunity #policybrief

Really great to meet our friend and partner Christos Arvanitidis and the rest of the @lifewatcheric.bsky.social team today at #LivingData2025! We look forward to hosting tomorrow's symposium with him - see where to find us at tinyurl.com/mrywuzzr

If you're at #LivingData2025, visit booth 9 to learn about the #HorizonEU & #H2020 projects we're involved in, including @bmd-project.eu, @b-cubed.eu, @bioagora.eu, @elter-ri.eu, @onestop-project.eu, @forsaid.eu, @wildposh.eu and @ip4os.eu

Findings from the Austrian #LTSER platform Eisenwurzen underscore the importance of linking quantitative indicators with qualitative perspectives to fully capture the complex feedbacks between society and nature. #eLTERcommunity 📖 Read more: www.elter-ri.eu/news/new-stu...

The 13th Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Conference will be held from 4–6 May 2026 in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The event is kindly hosted by the Croatian Forest Research Institute. Abstract submission is open until 15 November 2025. Read more: elter-ri.eu/news/forecom... #FORECOMON2026 #eLTERcommunity

🌳 Il sito #LTER (ricerca ecologica di lungo termine) di Collelongo- Selvapiana raccontato dal suo referente Giorgio Matteucci youtu.be/7otivP1V0AU?... #eltercommunity #biodiversità #faggeta #gestioneforestale #conservazione @elter-ri.eu

🛰️ At INTERGEO2025, we joined @elter-ri.eu and @icos-ri.eu in the #ENVRINNOV panel on connecting environmental data & geospatial solutions. @envri.bsky.social 🌍 #ACTRIS #ENVRINNOV #INTERGEO2025 #ENVRI #AtmosphericResearch #GeospatialData #ResearchToAction

Join us Oct 8, 13-14 CET for the eLTER Sites and Platforms Forum webinar: COVID-19 impacts on communities, sites, and platforms to explore how the pandemic has shaped both our new reality at home and at work. Case studies, discussions, and interactive activities: elter-ri.eu/events/spf-w...

Happy Tag der Deutschen Einheit (German Unity Day) to all colleagues in Germany! We congratulate you with this special feature story from the eLTER Sites and Platforms Series. #eLTERcommunity 📖 elter-ri.eu/news/nationa...

The 3rd OZCAR TERENO conference, held in Paris this week, highlighted interdisciplinary research that addressed the functioning of the Critical Zone in the Anthropocene. @jaanaback.bsky.social gave a keynote on eLTER’s progress towards operational RI. elter-ri.eu/news/nationa... 🌍 #eLTERcommunity

🏛️ Workshop on 'FAIR Training Material Made by Design' in Zwijnaarde, Belgium, 21–22 Oct 2025, by VIB and ELIXIR, free. Learn to create, share & sustain FAIR training resources. Join us to make your materials Findable, Accessible, Interoperable & Reusable! 👉 tess.elixir-europe.org/events/fair-...

🖥️ Join an interactive Training Clinic by de.NBI and ELIXIR: How AI can help trainers 💡 Online, 9 Oct 2025, free. Explore practical tools & strategies to enhance training with AI. Don’t miss this chance to upskill! 👉 tess.elixir-europe.org/events/train...

🌍 The 2nd IRISCC Open Call for Transnational Access is live until 28 Nov 2025! Apply for sponsored access to top RIs tackling climate risks, including 23 eLTER sites across Europe. Interdisciplinary research at some of Europe’s most advanced long-term ecosystem research sites!👉 iriscc-hub.eu/ta-call

📢 The Alternet Collaborative Projects Call 2025 is open! Proposals (Starting Initiatives ≤€5k / Small Projects ≤€10k) welcome until 15 Nov. Aims to strengthen biodiversity & ecosystem research, boosting recognition among scientists, policymakers & the public 👉 alterneteurope.eu/acp/

eLTER wishes to thank the German BMFTR for facilitating the submission, its Interim Council members for their engaged and thoughtful support of the process, and all its countless supporters in eLTER’s current and future member countries and networks. 🔗 elter-ri.eu/news/elter-e... #eLTERcommunity

Call to the eLTER community! 🌍 Submit your abstracts to #WBF2026 Davos for WS BEF8 “Trends & drivers of long-term biodiversity & ecosystem change in the Anthropocene” convened by P. Haase, D Bowler, and I. Kühn. Let’s showcase our data & insights! 14-19 June. Info 👉 worldbiodiversityforum.org

Don't miss it! CLEANFOREST webinar on 26 Sept 2025, 13:00–13:45 CET with🌲“Drone4Tree: Processing large-scale UAV raw data for forest apps” with Ulf Mallast (UFZ, Germany). Hosted by COST Young Researchers. Register 👉 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/05194d... @costprogramme.bsky.social

At #IMC2025, Thomas Dirnböck (EAA) & Veronika Gaube (BOKU) presented eLTER's 🌍 contributions to long-term socio-ecological research in mountain LTSER platforms on climate change impacts, resilience & adaptation strategies, and pathways for socio-ecological research. imc2025.info/imc25/sessio...

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#CamminiLTER Exploring the territories of #Ostana, #Italy, with its alpine architecture and the traditional use of soil. #eLTERcommunity @elter-ri.eu

🌍📢 Reminder: The **FORWARDS** call for proposals on ✈️ forest imaging spectroscopy flights and 🌱 physiology/biochemistry ground-truthing closes **21 Sept**. Up to EUR 145,000 per proposal! 🔎 Apply: [eLTER Market Place](elter-ri.eu/elter-market...) ℹ️ [forwards-project.eu](forwards-project.eu)

🚀 Join BioHackathon Germany 2025, 01–05 Dec in Walsrode! Hack with PHENET experts on AI in Meta-Analysis, enjoy workshops, networking, presentations, and an After Hack Party. Limited spots—register now: www.denbi.de/de-nbi-event...

Building on lessons from eLTER and @lifewatcheric.bsky.social infrastructures, the #Restore4Life web platform functions as a centralized hub for identifying, prioritizing, and monitoring potential and ongoing wetland restoration actions. elter-ri.eu/news/restore... #EMS2025 #eLTERcommunity

⏰ Final reminder: The BioAgora call for experts on the ecological characterization of selected EU wetland habitats is closing on 15 Sept. Join this important effort to support science–policy interfaces for biodiversity and ecosystems. Details on the eLTER Market Place: elter-ri.eu/elter-market...

🌍 ACTRIS Week 2025 is coming soon! 📅 21–23 Oct |📍 Évora, Portugal + online 3 days of progress, collaboration & community: ✨ ACTRIS & CARGO-ACT session ✨ Workshops ✨ National Forum ✨ Networking & social events 📝 Register by 19 Sept. Learn more 👉 www.elter-ri.eu/news/actris-... #ACTRIS #eLTERcommunity

MIMESIS morning activities, connecting with ourselves and the sea 🌊 Friday morning at the #LTER site of the Eastern Ligurian Sea #biodiversity #eLTERcommunity #LTERITALY @elter-ri.eu

#Soil sampling activities within the #SoilBon project to monitor soil #biodiversity in the #LTERITALY site of Collelongo-Selvapiana: deims.org/9b1d144a-dc3... 10 sticks have been placed to study organic matter decomposition in the soil. #eLTERCommunity @elter-ri.eu

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“The thing I try to do for my graduate students is offer opportunity, when they're talented and motivated. Situations for them to meet new people, give presentations at new places, grow their collaborative network, get access to data, training, resources." - prof. Jennifer Druhan #eLTERcommunity 🩷

Congratulations to our colleagues at @lter-italy.bsky.social on the publication of their recent paper linking taxonomic diversity and ecological traits www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...! We are glad eLTER's long-term data and infrastructure proved invaluable for this work.

🌿 BioAgora seeks expert input on EU wetlands (mires, bogs, fens, coastal zones)! 🔹 Apply as Expert by 16 Aug 2025 🔹 Share Knowledge by 15 Sept 2025 🧭 On the eLTER Marketplace: marketplace.lter-europe.net 🔗 Info: bioagora.eu/calls

How can we simplify and standardise soil moisture monitoring across Europe? #ENVRINNOV pilot case 4 This pilot case, led by @ufz.de in collaboration with @icos-ri.eu, @elter-ri.eu and others, focused on improving large-scale soil moisture monitoring using CNRS. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLqu...

The first eLTER Science Conference was a celebration of transdisciplinary inquiry, long-term environmental research, and international collaboration-with over 350 participants coming from more than 30 countries in Europe and beyond. #eLTER2025SC 🌍 #eLTERcommunity 🩷 🔗 www.elter-ri.eu/news/highlig...

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🌍 “We need scientific street credibility,” said Prof. Markku Kulmala at the #eLTER Science Conference. Credibility + time = real connection with society. Leaders, NGOs, industry or citizens will understand—if there is enough time, and we know how to explain to them. #eLTERcommunity #eLTER2025SC

🌍 #Water4All – a Horizon Europe partnership – is mapping freshwater RIs&Observatories. Want to be visible on their new platform? 🧩 Fill out short questionnaire, share insights on services. 📣 Help connect the dots across RIs, networks and EU policy. 🔗 www.elter-ri.eu/news/water4a... #eLTERcommunity

A field trip during last month's @elter-ri.eu conference in Finland. Visit @elter-ri.eu here on Bluesky to see more from the conference, revisit the program of presentations, and find some people who could be your next collaborators. 🌐🧪

“Designing an impactful poster is often harder than a talk. Know your audience, give context at the beginning, and invite interaction. Scientific quality is a must, but it doesn’t have to be rocket science. Half-size posters work too.” — Johan Pauw, #eLTER2025SC poster award jury #eLTERcommunity 💗