As we near the end of the year, we wanted to thank you for your continued commitment and perseverance through 2021! There are many things to be thankful for this year including reconnecting in person with the SITES community and continued funding for years to come. We look forward to keeping the monument and continued journey with you in 2022! God Jul! Enjoy the holidays and best wishes for 2022 from the SITES Secretariat!
At Svartberget Research Station, an ongoing soil project, investigating soil organic carbon and nitrogen, uses plastic balls added to the soil pit to estimate pit volume.
The onset of ice at Lake Erken occurred on Dec 6th this year, which is a record in recent years, but put in the historical context not so unusual.
A project focusing on intercropping of faba beans and peas has been initiated at SITES Lönnstorp Research Station. This year was the first of the three-year project period.
In late autumn, work at SITES station Grimsö mainly comprises of digitalization and compilation of data from the earlier peak season, and lab work to specify ticks sampled from voles etc. However, outdoor activities still run in autumn, one of which is the hazel grouse survey.
As part of the work to prevent and monitor forest damage, the government has invested money in a National Center for Forest Damage. The Center is a collaboration program, where SLU’s Skogsskadecentrum (Forest Damage Center) has participated in several projects in collaboration with other actors.
Sydvatten at Lake Bolmen, has joined with VA SYD Källby Water Workshop and NSVA RecoLab, on a collaborative Vinnova funded test bed to develop online drinking water quality monitoring. The Testbed project was presented during the National Drinking Water conference, 26 of October, in Malmö.
SITES AquaNet plans for a coordinated mesocosm experiment on the effect of run-off variability in five lakes next summer. A call for researchers and students to participate will open soon.
