{"id":44,"date":"2019-09-16T13:31:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T12:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetercarbonobservatory\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2024-06-21T14:46:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T14:46:31","slug":"the-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exeter-carbon-observatory\/the-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The ExCO is a natural ecosystem field laboratory, through which students, academics and wider society are able to explore and learn about the role that terrestrial ecosystems play in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and the effects of climate change on the stability of carbon uptake and storage in these systems.&nbsp;The ExCO is expected to contribute to the development of Exeter students by improving the quality of research-based teaching, enhancing student\u2019s employability in environment-related jobs and increasing student\u2019s satisfaction through regular access to the field; fieldwork is almost always the most popular element of our courses.&nbsp;The ExCO has the support of Exeter University\u2019s Annual Fund and Education Enhancement through their environmental sustainability strategy, which aims to embed environmental sustainability within School education policies, strategies and the curriculum, based on the perception of \u201c<em>Campus as a living laboratory<\/em>\u201d. The focus of the ExCO on building regional capacity to understand carbon cycling contributes to the University of Exeter&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exeter.ac.uk\/sustainability\/newsandevents\/climate\/\">Climate Emergency Declaration<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aims<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Create the&nbsp;<strong>ExCO&nbsp;<\/strong>training centre in a locality with easy access from the University of Exeter allowing the use of the outdoor laboratory during both existing and new modules to support the University&#8217;s&nbsp;Education for Sustainable Development&nbsp;initiative. Implement a series of long-term continuous climate and carbon flux measurements, at the site, providing students with an excellent resource for data analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Specifically, we aim to use the site:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research through the University of Exeter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to improve understanding of regional carbon cycling, including carbon sequestration in regrowing forests.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>for the dissemination of Exeter\u2019s research results to the wider community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The initial grant funded running the site continuously for three years and we are now seeking&nbsp;funding from partner organisations for the further development and long-term operation of the&nbsp;ExCO. Our long-term aim is to add international scope by facilitating students developing comparative studies from ExCO with our partners at international field sites which use the same field methodologies, e.g., with the Geography undergraduate field trip to the Atlantic forest in Brazil with partners from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uenf.br\/portal\/index.php\/en\/\">Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We have initially selected 4 suitable sites (below). In the current stage of the project, we are implementing our measurements at Stoke Woods. This is a site at a walking distance from Streatham Campus, owned by the Forestry Commission. The site is being installed with the support of the School of Geography researchers and volunteer students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about ExCo research <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exeter-carbon-observatory\/research\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exeter-carbon-observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/295\/2024\/06\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exeter-carbon-observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/295\/2024\/06\/image-1.png 640w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exeter-carbon-observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/295\/2024\/06\/image-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The ExCO is a natural ecosystem field laboratory, through which students, academics and wider society are able to explore and learn about the role that terrestrial ecosystems play in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and the effects of climate change on the stability of carbon uptake and storage in these systems.&nbsp;The ExCO is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-sidebar-boxed-feature-img.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - 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