Category Archives: Other news

EcolChange Seminars on 23.03. and 24.03.2022 (in English)

Posted on March 23, 2022 by thomastartu

For those who did not get any Email invitations, please note, there are two EcolChange affiliated seminars this week in Tartu, held in English. If you cannot join but would like to know more, feel free to contact the presenters … Continue reading →

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Authentic environmental research – comprehensively explained

Posted on March 14, 2022 by thomastartu

PhD students of the Doctoral School of Earth Sciences and Ecology and the Centre of Excellence “EcolChange” present typical ecophysiological and biogeochemical research methods and tools in short video sequences. The authentic clips, recorded under regular working conditions, briefly describe … Continue reading →

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About the EcolChange research in a popular way

Posted on March 3, 2022 by riint

A popular science view of the research done in our Center of Excellence EcolChange. The video clip was made by the Estonian Research Agency in cooperation with our researchers to introduce Estonian science to an international audience, such as the … Continue reading →

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Join the pan-European citizen science campaign!

Posted on February 25, 2021 by riint

Ecologists from the University of Tartu, Estonia invite you to take part in a pan-European citizen science initiative ‘Looking for Cowslips‘. The cowslip campaign was piloted in Estonia for two consecutive springs in 2019 and 2020. It received a warm … Continue reading →

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Why are Estonian mushroom scientists among the best in the world?

Posted on May 20, 2020 by laanisto

This post was originally written by Marian Männi and published in Research Estonia (link to the original post) Estonia became the world’s centre of mycology against all odds. Around every fifth person in Tartu, Estonia’s second largest city, is a … Continue reading →

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Tana about moderating a workshop in EcolChange PhD conference

Posted on December 10, 2019 by laanisto

Text by Tana Wuyun A fun experience as one of the workshop moderators in EcolChange PhD Conference 2019 “EcolChange in World of Synergies” Few weeks ago, I gladly participated the annual EcolChange conference in Voore, East Estonia. It went well, … Continue reading →

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Blogyear summary 2018

Posted on February 1, 2019 by laanisto

Text Lauri Laanisto It is already February. Nearly a month too late. But as the years go by, more and more reports are required every January, which is why the summaries of voluntary nature tend to get delayed or even … Continue reading →

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Annual update on our share of most influencal scientist

Posted on December 3, 2018 by laanisto

Text by Lauri Laanisto Last year, when Clarivate Analytics published the list of most influential scientists in the world, we in EcolChange were rather happy about it, because: “From those 7 most influential Estonian researchers 4 (!!!) are members of … Continue reading →

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DOI codes will be used parallel to species names

Posted on November 1, 2018 by laanisto

Text from Research in Estonia page (link to the original post) Scientists at the University of Tartu created a new method for communicating species. The classification initiated by Carl von Linné, which has lasted for over 200 years, does not … Continue reading →

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DarkDivNet – Call for participants

Posted on September 24, 2018 by laanisto

DarkDivNet is a global network to explore the dark diversity of plant communities. Why are some species present and others absent in a locality? To answer this central ecological and biogeographical question, we have to explore biodiversity at different spatial … Continue reading →

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