Looking 👀for advice on #peat pipes🙏 Pipe flow approx. 1.5m below surface, several roof collapses, one large (see photo). The source of water is from a fairly steep slope. Is there anything that can be done to reduce erosion and bring the water to the surface? Any ideas greatly appreciated 😊

Very pleased to be part of this super cool new paper led by William Hagan Brown in @globalchangebio.bsky.social looking at the impact of elevated CO2 on canopy temperatures in an oak woodland at the BIFor-FACE experiment dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

This one is for the peatland nerds: We are organizing a session on 💧water in peatlands 🌿 at the ASLO conference in Montreal May 12-16 2026 - join us! Deadline for abstract submission Nov 25, more info here www.aslo.org/aslo-sil-202...

Very pleased to be part of this super cool new paper led by William Hagan Brown in @globalchangebio.bsky.social looking at the impact of elevated CO2 on canopy temperatures in an oak woodland at the BIFor-FACE experiment dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Exiting to see the #peatland at Cope Hut, on the Bogong High Plains, Australia is now no longer snow covered (just a small patch in the background!) 📸: taken on 2nd November 2025 by a member of the public #PeatColours

Interested in peatlands and biogeochemistry? Like fieldwork? Then come and do a PhD at @livunigeog.bsky.social supervised by me, @rchiverrell.bsky.social, Jenny Williamson (@ukceh.bsky.social eh.bsky.social) + Dewi Davies (@nationaltrust.org.uk ltrust.org.uk) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

I have reimagined a few popular ‘historical’ Halloween costumes over on Patreon! The video will be released generally on YouTube tomorrow. Go to Patreon now and get early access as well as exclusive Patreon renderings of the final illustrations! www.patreon.com/posts/142353... #halloweencostumes

We have an @aries-dtp.bsky.social PhD opportunity working with the Snæfellsnes Research Centre, Iceland, on how seabird nesting decisions might shape ecosystem processes, aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships... With folk inc. @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com. If that sounds like you, get in touch :-)

Our latest #PeatPaper published in Hydrological Processes and led by MSc student Maia Moore! “Ecohydrological Controls on Post-Fire Sphagnum Moss Recovery in Boreal Shield Peatlands” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

We are extending the deadline until November 09 for submissions to the #2026PeatECRcalendar. Send us your best #wildlife photos in #peatlands and other #wetlands. Include the coordinates, peatland and animal name, some information about your project. Email to [email protected]

Some more autumnal #peatlands over the weekend 📸: members of the public as part of the Tracking the Colour of Peatlands Project Miscou (3rd photo) may have lost its red colour but the yellow is now coming out! #PeatColours

PhD on carbon and greenhouse gas fluxes in ditches. Supervised by @aquaticcarbon.bsky.social at Uni Glasgow with @peatymike.bsky.social, Amy Pickard (@ukceh.bsky.social ) and me. Get in touch if interested and circulate to potential candidates! 🧪 #GreenhouseGases share.google/lvswIyC9TYg5...

We are looking for a postdoc to help us develop a novel #Peatland Triage Tool as part of the RESPECT project (gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref...). More details in the advert below. Vacancy details | University of Stirling share.google/t3mKgh2EZAmr... 🧪 #PeatSky #Postdoc #AcedemicJobs

Sitting ducks, what’s the flux? #PhD opportunity at University of Plymouth led by @k-herborn.bsky.social (and me as co-supervisor) Explore how seabird nest abundance and distribution influence ecosystem processes Very excited to merge my two loves = C dynamics and eider ducks 😃

The perfect Halloween wreath made by @jerrymoorecostume.bsky.social 🍁🐽🎃

Exciting 24-month Postdoc opportunity for a peatland palaeoecologist, working with Dr Jenna Sutherland at Leeds Beckett U. on the NERC-funded InSPIRE project. Investigating initiation of new peatlands in deglaciating parts of Alaska, including fieldwork vacancies.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/ce0984li_web...

🚨New Paper 🚨 The PeatPic Project: Predicting plot-scale green leaf #phenology across #peatlands So happy to see this paper online — one of my favourite projects! We explored how to capture how peatlands change colour using smartphones and community science! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

The Conversation article that @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social and I wrote about the PeatPic Project and the power of harnessing people, community science and the importance of research networks is now online too theconversation.com/harnessing-t... #Peatlands #PeatColour

Looking for a PhD in environmental science? I will soon have an advert out for a project at @liverpooluni.bsky.social with @ukceh.bsky.social & @nationaltrust.org.uk. "Peatland drainage + rewetting across the UK uplands + lowlands" All about GHG emissions and aquatic carbon. Watch this space!

Well this is cool. A new peat paper with a possible mechanism for Will-o’-the-wisps in @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

So fun to be part of this project. Some research sites close to my heart included in this fun international collaboration. Thanks @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com for leading.

Harnessing technology and global collaboration to understand peatlands

The Conversation article that @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social and I wrote about the PeatPic Project and the power of harnessing people, community science and the importance of research networks is now online too theconversation.com/harnessing-t... #Peatlands #PeatColour

A beautiful day out on the famous Mer Bleue bog

The open access data can be found here: datadryad.org/dataset/doi:...

🚨New Paper 🚨 The PeatPic Project: Predicting plot-scale green leaf #phenology across #peatlands So happy to see this paper online — one of my favourite projects! We explored how to capture how peatlands change colour using smartphones and community science! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Seeking images of peatlands of all kinds! As we didn’t quite get enough ‘wildlife’ themed images for our 2026 calendar, we’re extending the invitation for all our peat friends to donate any images they’ve taken on their adventures lately – please email them to us via: [email protected]💚

The #PeatColours project is in its 5th year at the Boreal Wetland Centre in Alberta. Even after all these years I still love seeing that colour change Comparison between June and October 2025

Wondering what to do this weekend? Why not get outside and explore a bog! I highlight a few 'boardwalk bogs' in Canada, the USA, and the UK in a new post on Peatpedia. Feel free to add your favourite boggy boardwalks in the comments on Substack or below! open.substack.com/pub/peatpedi...

So permafrost peatlands burn and they release lots of CO2 through combustion - but that's just the start. Christopher Schulze shows in a new GRL study that slow recovery causes continued CO2 losses in the following decade - overall similar in magnitude to the combustion! doi.org/10.1029/2025...

For over 15 years the McMaster Ecohydro Lab has awarded the #NobelPeatPrize to the authors of the best peatland or peat paper of the year. It’s that time of year again where we review papers and finalize a list of nominees. Do you have a fave paper for 2025 you would like us to consider?

Our new paper in QSR, led by Dr. Donna Hawthorne, explores the various successional pathways that the huge peat swamp forests of the central Congo Basin have taken during the late Quaternary. Open access link available until 21 Nov eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Taken my venture into YouTube videos. Take a look at the costume books I would recommend at this link! m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2cy...

A beautiful sunset over the peatland at Torronsuo National Park 🇫🇮 to end the week #PeatColours 📸: Member of the public as part of the Tracking the Colour of #Peatlands project

Some more beautiful autumnal colours from #peatlands around the world #PeatColours Grande Pleé Bleue 🇨🇦 Killarney 🇮🇪 Forsinard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Kauhaneva 🇫🇮

As expected - the red colour is fantastic! #PeatColours Miscou Island, NB 🇨🇦 📸: Member of the public as part of the Tracking the Colour of #Peatlands project

🌲 Boreal-tundra species drive Arctic plant borealization 🌲 Our new study in #EcologyLetters quantifies tundra plant borealization, assesses its main drivers and identifies the species & traits contributing to borealization. doi.org/10.1111/ele.... 🧵 (1/6) 🌐🧪🌱🌍

Does anyone have any good resources (or their own examples) for how to make a good scientific poster to share with students. Please RT!

Miscou Island in New Brunswick 🇨🇦 is one of my favourite sites in the Tracking the Colour of #Peatlands project I love seeing the vaccinium turning red. Photos below are examples from June, July, August and September. Give it one more week and it will be super red! #PeatColours

New #PeatPaper by Lees et al. in #HydrologicalProcesses "The Sponge Analogy Problem: Moving Towards Clearer Communication of Peatland Hydrological Processes" #peatlands #hydrology #scicomm onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Kauhaneva - Pohjankangas National Park in Finland 🇫🇮 is such a beautiful colour at this time of year 📸: Member of the public as part of the Tracking the Colour of #Peatlands project #PeatColours

End of summer colour across these #peatlands (although some are still rather green..!) Store Mosse 🇸🇪 Kauhaneva 🇫🇮 Grande Plée Bleue 🇨🇦 Forsinard Flows🏴󠁧 📸: members of the public as part of the Tracking the Colour of Peatlands project #PeatColours

New Study in ES&T! Permafrost peatlands accumulate mercury from distant sources, but thaw causes collapse into wetter bogs and fens. Lauren Thompson shows that these bogs, and especially fens, become hotspots for mercury methylation, and potential downstream transport. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Another new Tracking the Colour of #Peatlands site at Clough Moor, Goyt Valley, UK #PeatColours @boggysal.bsky.social

Been almost a decade since I’ve visited the sub-arctic/Arctic - it felt like coming home seeing those polygon formations in the peatlands in Salluit, Nunavik. These landscapes may be beautiful (if a little bleak) from far away but up close they are even better!

Canada Post features fungi and lichen in new stamp series - Canada Post has unveiled its new stamp collection Wednesday featuring fungi and lichens found in the country.

A new Tracking the Colour of Peatlands site has been installed in Killarney National Park, Ireland 🇮🇪 #PeatColours

Another weekend of beautiful #PeatColours Flanders Moss 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Miscou Island 🇨🇦 Kuahaneva 🇫🇮 Store Mosse 🇸🇪 📸: members of the public as part of the Tracking the Colour of #Peatlands project