Exciting news! On Mon 19th May at 7 pm, AI2Peat will join @pintofscienceie.bsky.social in Sligo to discuss peatland condition monitoring with satellites and AI. Come along to Thomas Connolly Bar, F91 HC04, to chat with our project lead, Corrado Grappiolo! #pint25 ➡️ pintofscience.ie/event/planet...

At last week's Explorium SpringFest, Corrado shared the value of bogs and how AI2Peat monitors them with satellites and AI 🛰️ To explain our work in a fun way, Corrado created a giant "biological" neural network by having the audience stand up and down and shout plant names based on "input signals"!

On Saturday, we joined our member group, Kilteevan Tidy Towns, for their photography workshop with @tocharstories.bsky.social and artist Shane Hynan. We practised telling a narrative through compelling photo composition at the Cloonlarge Bog Loop. We saw lots of Hare's tail cottongrass & Bog myrtle!

You have until 20th April to see BogSkin at @rha-arts.bsky.social➡️ rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...! It celebrates the relationship of art to the bogs over the past 50 years. Keep an eye out for pieces by friends of the Community Wetlands Forum — @tinaclaffey.bsky.social, Fiona McDonald & Shane Hynan.

Last night's Climate Cocktail Club touched on everything from Irish land use to equitable access to nature! A key takeaway for us—restoration is essential because "we should have a massive asset in our peatlands, but actually, they've become a liability", by Fintan Kelly, @irishenvnet.bsky.social.

✨ Survey closes this Friday: eu.surveymonkey.com/r/QP56HMV ✨ Please share! Read more: 🔹 publicpolicy.ie/papers/peats... 🔹 www.techcentral.ie/ai2peat-remo... Thanks to @researchireland.bsky.social & @innovationexchange.bsky.social for supporting the recent Discovery Exchange Pitch Event too!

Our Project Lead, Corrado Grappiolo, joined Shane McGuinness & Malte Schneider yesterday to run an open discussion at the European Carbon Farming Summit. They examined the role of remote sensing and AI in monitoring peatland condition. Share your views on the topic ➡️ eu.surveymonkey.com/r/QP56HMV.

Thanks to those who already shared their feedback in our survey. Can you take a few minutes to help us too? Click here: eu.surveymonkey.com/r/QP56HMV If you're not sure what AI2Peat does, view the @rte.ie 10 Things To Know About episode 'Surf & Turf' (start at 12:00): www.rte.ie/player/serie....

We need your help to improve the PeatSense Platform! Whether you're somewhat interested in peatlands or spend every day thinking about bogs, your feedback matters to us. Please take a few minutes to complete our survey and share it with your friends and colleagues: eu.surveymonkey.com/r/QP56HMV 💭📝

We're delighted to have joined the @unep.org Global Peatland Initiative's Research Working Group! This morning's meeting was a great space for learning and collaboration. As a mapping project, we were particularly interested to see their peatland map portal: wesrmapportal.unep.org/portal/apps/...

We want to introduce ourselves to our Bluesky community! 👋 Learn more about AI2Peat and the PeatSense Platform in the slides below. To dive in further, check out: peatsense.org. Can you help us? We need your feedback on PeatSense. Please message us or click here: calendly.com/ai2peat/peat...

No better place to enter Spring than at the Botanic Gardens! Celebrate peatlands at the launch of Bob Speers' exhibition Thin Place on 1st Feb at 2 pm—including a discussion on Ireland's bogs with @abogslife.bsky.social, Evelyn D'Arcy, and our team member, Katie Smirnova. #WWD2025 #ActForWetlands

Time to wrap up a fantastic 2024 for AI2Peat! 🧵 🔹 Entered the GROW phase thanks to Research Ireland! This allowed us to move to prototyping, solution conceptualisation, and value creation. 🔹 Organised a 2-day hybrid workshop with 60+ attendees from Ireland and the UK to discuss peatland condition.

Do you know why peatlands are important? Read Peat Hub Ireland's factsheets to learn the essentials: www.ucd.ie/peat-hub-ire... They're linked to the PHI Database which compiles 900 publications! A great resource 🎉 @abogslife.bsky.social @peatlandconserve.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social

What is Climate Justice? Like this graph from @tcddublin.bsky.social IKC3 on seven key principles of climate justice :underscored by creating a 'transparent, participatory and accountable decision-making process'. People having a voice, being able to tell their story supports all principles.

Working with farmers 🚜 is key for the @WaterLANDS_EU Irish Action Site 🇮🇪 To deliver restoration, building capacity is essential💪 For this reason, we have published the first toolkit⚒️ to restore blanket bogs! 🌱 Access here➡️ waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

Very useful #peatland factsheets, covering climate, biodiversity, environment and culture produced by @ucddublin.bsky.social Peat Hub research team including Dr Kate Flood who is the geographer on #TócharStories. Have a look and share with #bog #wetlands folk? www.ucd.ie/peat-hub-ire...

Thanks to @biggusdaveusphd.bsky.social and the Irish Quaternary Association for their brilliant symposium! As well as sharing AI2PEAT & Peat Sense updates, Corrado enjoyed learning about other peatland research, such as these figures from John Connolly about the high carbon stocks in deep peat.

Less than a week left to respond to Peatland Finance Ireland's public consultation on the Peatland Standard! Don't miss your chance to share your views on the future of quantifying ecosystem improvements from peatland restoration in Ireland. More details here: peatlandfinance.ie/peatland-sta...

Are you curious about AI2PEAT's work? Check out our recent feature on @rteone.bsky.social's '10 Things To Know About' episode 'Surf & Turf'. The bog bit starts at 12 minutes in: www.rte.ie/player/serie...

Hello Bluesky! AI2Peat aims to use AI to map & monitor Ireland's peatlands to support their restoration and biodiversity. Our PeatSense platform is also being developed for knowledge & data sharing! Here are two of our team members, Alexis & Corrado, at the 2023 Power to the Peatlands Conference 🎉