Katalin Török and Bruna Paolinelli Reis talked about the strong potential links between eLTER’s activities and ecological restoration, and the evolving concept of a European Topic Centre on Ecological Restoration within the eLTER RI. #eLTERcommunity #2025Highlights www.elter-ri.eu/news/elter-a...

Welcome to the eLTER Sites & Platforms Series, in which we spotlight individual research stations across the Integrated European Long-Term Ecosystem, critical zone and socio-ecological Research Infrastructure (eLTER) and explore their distinct research roles. www.elter-ri.eu/news/underst...

The eLTER journey continues! This Sites and Platforms Forum webinar summarises the main achievements, discusses the next steps and the important role of the Sites and Platforms Coordinators in the success of eLTER. #eLTERcommunity ▶️ youtu.be/reithXsVVhg

Main achievements, discussion of next steps and the important role of the Site and Platform Coordinators (SPCs) in the success of eLTER. Register here 👉 www.elter-ri.eu/events/elter... Two main projects are reaching their endpoint in Jan 2026. The eLTER journey continues! 🌍 #eLTERcommunity

How fast can you type? Abstract deadline TODAY at 23:59 CET! Don't miss your chance to contribute to session 'Trends and drivers of long-term changes in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the Anthropocene' at the World Biodiversity Forum 2026! meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/WBF2026/sess...

Deadline this Wednesday 3 December! Don't miss your chance to contribute to session 'Trends and drivers of long-term changes in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the Anthropocene' at the World Biodiversity Forum 2026! Submit your abstract to meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/WBF2026/sess...

Delegation from Chinese #GERI partners CERN/CAS met with the eLTER Coordinators and high-level strategic representatives from Europe and abroad at #ICOS10 week. Excellent opportunities for celebrating @icos-ri.eu achievements and networking from site to national and global levels. #eLTERcommunity 🌍

Deadline coming up on 3 December! Don't miss your chance to contribute to session 'Trends and drivers of long-term changes in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the Anthropocene' at the World Biodiversity Forum 2026! Submit your abstract to meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/WBF2026/sess...

🌄 Apply now for research scholarships in Austria’s Hohe Tauern National Park! Funded projects can explore ecology, climate change, geology, conservation & human–nature interactions in a unique high-alpine environment. Details 👉 hohetauern.at/de/forschung...

Ohnemus et al. demonstrate co-location, the strategic integration of multiple research infrastructures at the same in-situ facility, can significantly reduce sampling bias, enhancing the geographical and thematic representativeness of infrastructures. #eLTERcommunity www.elter-ri.eu/news/new-res...

🌿 eLTER researchers! Submit your abstract to #WBF2026 Davos for BEF8 on long-term biodiversity & ecosystem change by 3 Dec. Seeking work on multi-decadal biodiversity & ecosystem function change, links to drivers, socio-economic impacts & ways to overcome data gaps. 👉 worldbiodiversityforum.org

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