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...

🌿 New PERG publication in #RestorationEcology We tracked 147 restored #peatland sectors over 20 years to assess the Moss Layer Transfer Technique #MLTT. ➡️ Up to 80% success in under 10 years in the St. Lawrence Lowlands region 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PeatSky #PeatECR

"Now not only scientists, but also politicians, are beginning to see the possibility of dual use of bogs to achieve two goals of the European Union – improving resilience and slowing climate change." We have an unlimited potential for bog restoration on the Eastern Flank. #Defence #Biodiversity

📢 New Peatpedia post! A brief intro to #peatland soils, peat fossils, and moss piglets. Moss piglets! Microscopic creatures wriggling in the moss. I got very distracted doing background research on them, so a future post will be dedicated entirely to moss piglets! open.substack.com/pub/peatpedi...

Back from 10 days in the #Nunavik #tundra 🌬️🌿 Studying dust deposition impacts on microbial #biocrusts with my MSc student Ariane Fortin, and testing Rough & Loose #restoration on a mined esker 💥🌱

Biological soil crust sampling with a view in Nunavik Do not judge my field cooler #corona 🍺 #biocrust #tundra

🎓 Tons of grad school options… but this one stands out! Why do your master’s with me? 🌱 Help restore disturbed #peatlands 🌿 Join PERG, global leader in peatland science 🤝 Vibrant team (20+), weekly meetups, great vibes ➡️ shorturl.at/BgIPE #PeatSky #PeatECR

🛠️ Cool tool alert! Past PhD student Sebastián Gutierrez Pacheco built a method to estimate daily water table levels from sparse data — using PERG data 🌿 💸 Super handy when you can’t afford fancy loggers in every well! github.com/segupa03/gro... #hydrology #peatlands #opensource #python

COP15 of the Ramsar Convention starts today. Here in Canada we have the privilege of being home to a quarter of the world's remaining wetlands. Let's not forget what a treasure they are. theconversation.com/canadian-wet...

"The present situation is a clear, unequivocal example of linguistic injustice All the costs of having a common language in science are borne by non-native English-speaking scientists, implying unfair cooperation in obtaining a common good (i.e. a common language)" @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social

Ever wondered how functional traits of common peatland plants vary among sites? We got you - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... This was a fun group project with @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com and many grad students and post-docs.

Les tourbières, alliées insoupçonnées contre la crise climatique Un article de Radio-Canada basé sur une visite de terrain avec Michelle Garneau, Gabriel Magnan, Scott J. Davidson et des étudiants et stagiaires du laboratoire C-Paleo au début du mois de juin. ici.radio-canada.ca/recit-numeri...

#Canada 😉 writes reply letter to unhinged #Minnesota #Republican representatives to apologize for inconveniencing American vacation plans with #wildfire smoke. Blaming Canadians for smoke while blocking #Epstein files from release is on-brand for the modern #GQP www.startribune.com/tolkkinen-ca...

www.cbc.ca/news/science... Glad to see this topic at the top of CBC News - watching fires burn up the boreal year after year sucks, and it's the peatlands burning that I worry about most

Early results from our cutting-edge PIPES project at Queen's University Belfast featured on BBC Northern Ireland this morning. Toxic metals found in UK peatlands could pose health risk www.bbc.com/news/article...

It is truly amazing what you can find in #peatlands restored with the Moss Layer Transfer Technique. Orchids at every step 🌸🌱

I have a fully funded PhD position open for start in Jan or May 2026. Field work in peatlands of the Northwest Territories, with lab work to understand potential downstream mobilization of carbon, nutrients, mercury after thaw or wildfire. Reach out for more information, and please send on!

If you think we're not comparing numbers and seats of courses among colleagues, you'd be wrong. Female faculty teach bigger and more lower level courses. Oh, we know. We've counted.

Just posted an OpEd in our local paper, the Brentwood Press, on defending science, as encouraged by @wclivestream.bsky.social and others @natureatcal.bsky.social www.thepress.net/opinion/we-s...

Just spent the week in the field with my first PhD student and her assistant, guiding them through research in restored Alberta #peatlands. They're now fully trained, slightly muddy, and ready to take the reins! 🌿🧪🦟

I am happy that data from our 🇨🇦 Canadian restored #peatlands was included! Read the full thread 🧵 and paper for detailed information on how restoration helps align albedo and surface temperature closer to natural peatlands 🌿

New paper out! Using over 20 years of #satellite data, we show that restored #peatlands start to resemble intact peatlands. Their #albedo and land surface #temperature (LST) gradually align with those of natural peatlands. 👉 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

I have never seen so many #sundew (drosera) in a restored #peatland before. The whole ground was covered 😳 sad though that there was not a lot of #sphagnum

🙌 Grateful to be part of this incredible journey with PERG for the past 12 years

🎙️ A must-listen! 🌿🔥 @peatofmind.bsky.social was recently interviewed on CBC’s Québec AM to discuss the importance of peatland restoration as a nature-based solution to reduce the impact of wildfires. shorturl.at/nEbt5 #PeatlandMatter #PeatSky #Wildfires #ClimateChange #EcologicalRestoration

Sphagnum wulfianum and squarrosum growing side by side #moss #bryophyte

🎉 Today we celebrate 25 yrs since the restoration of the Bois-des-Bel peatland — the first large-scale peatland restoration project in North America. 🌱 A milestone that shaped the future of peatland science. #Peatlands #Restoration #PeatlandsMatter

🌍 Today is World Peatlands Day! For over 30 years, peatlands have been at the heart of our research — from understanding their ecology to restoring them. Let’s raise awareness and fall in love with peatlands — because we protect what we love. 💚 📷 Iris Duvivier #PeatlandsMatter #WorldPeatlandsDay

Gear up!!

Flux flux flux! Starting fieldwork with MSc and PhD student out in the #peatland of Pointe Lebel. Shoutout to @wetland-ghg.bsky.social for lending us the #LGR for catotelm fluxes

Field photo: “It’s time to draw a line in the sand umm errr Sphagnum” #Peatlands #PeatSky #wildfire @nobel-water.bsky.social

Have you even done greenhouse experiment using #fen peat. We worked several times with brown mosses but it is the first time on fen peat and you can see we have a big problem with green algae... any ideas to limit their impact and proliferation? #peatlandresearch #bryophyte #greenhouse

Had to improvise there. My hat it is.

Taught the first cohort of the NASER training program (NSERC CREATE) last week with Damase Khasa & Line Rochefort 🌱 Covered SER principles & peatland restoration — even brought students to a restored bog! #EcologicalRestoration #NatureBasedSolutions #Peatlands

Félicitations à Aamir Shehzad Khan, étudiant au doctorat sous la direction de Line Rochefort @gret-perg.bsky.social qui a récemment reçu la bourse Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (Canada) lors du Cocktail de reconnaissance des bourses 2024-2025 de la FSAA @ulaval.ca #ulcriv

We've long supported active #restoration of #peatlands post-extraction, using enhanced #rewetting and #moss transfer The Can-Peat project, synthesizing historical and recent data on C exchanges from restored areas in Canada, backs this approach! 📖 tinyurl.com/4cwvbs88 @wetland-ghg.bsky.social

We are hiring. We are looking for an early career researcher to work with us in project MOOSland to investigate the effect of Sphagnum paludiculture on GHG exchange of rewetted peat. www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit... @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social @unigreifswald.bsky.social

It is a start for the field out here in Quebec #peatland. With the late spring, colora were a bit faded except for the beautiful #Sphagnum

📢 Reminder: Time to Register! 📢 🎉 #BDB25: 25 Years of Research at Bois-des-Bel #Peatland 🎉 📅 June 3, 2025 📍 Auberge de la Pointe, Rivière-du-Loup & Bois-des-Bel Peatland, QC (Register by April 29 for a discount!) 🔗 tinyurl.com/yam87n3c #PeatlandsMatter #research #scicomm

That is absolutly stunning work!

📸 #PeatECR get your camera ready before heading into this year’s field season! 🗓️ The 2026 #Peat Calendar is in the planning! Send us your best #peatland *WILDLIFE* photo until September 30th: 📧 [email protected]

📣 We are looking for a #peatland scientist to advance methods for water level- and vegetation-based modeling of GHG emissions from German peatlands. Close collaboration with @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social and the Thünen Remote Sensing group. 👉 literatur.thuenen.de/stellenmarkt...

Have you registered for our free #webinar yet? Sphagnum planting in peatland restoration: Science and practice perspectives, 30th April, 2025 - 10:30 - 12:00 GMT. Find out more and register tinyurl.com/mr2982yx #Peatland #Science #Policy #Practice

Let's bring back #SphagnumMonday What beauties!

To light up your weekend, and give you a mental break from the saddening and depressing news from overseas, I give you some happy little Droseras growing in their natural habitat. Happy #SundewSaturday 🐸

Stablex: dans les documents publiés vendredi par le ministère de l'Environnement, il y a l'«Étude de caractérisation du milieu naturel» («rapport final» dès octobre 2023). Le Devoir avait obtenu ce rapport faisant état de la valeur écologique du site (avec photos): www.ledevoir.com/environnemen...

🚨 Sorry #PeatECR the link shared yesterday for 2025 #PeatNeeds microgrants was broken. 🗓️ Applications for the second round of funding close Friday April 4. Send us your wish list, let us know how we can support you! 🐸🕷️🌱💦🫧 ℹ️ More information on requirements here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1O6J...

Des scientifiques critiquent notamment le discours du gouvernement Legault voulant que le terrain offert à Stablex est un «site industriel». Voici des photos (faible résolution) de 2023 et qui sont dans une étude qui n'a pas été publiée par le gouvernement. Le Devoir en a une copie:

Des dizaines de scientifiques dénoncent la décision de la CAQ en faveur de Stablex. Le feu vert au dépotoir contrevient à la protection des milieux humides, de la biodiversité et du climat, affirment les experts. www.ledevoir.com/environnemen...

We had the privilege of welcoming Dr Tomotsugu Yazaki from Meiji University for the past year 🌟 He was here to learn about peatland restoration, but we learned so much from you about the instrumentation to measure micrometeorological conditions Safe travels home, and I hope to visit you in Japan ✈️