For years now, every time I read this post, I can’t help but feel sad, frustrated and helpless about the discriminative age limit set. I remember how I read this same text the first time when I had just started my PhD studies. I was 32. I was an international student and was under financial strain!

«Gerade weil der Igel so bekannt und beliebt ist, ist er der ideale Botschafter für die Bedürfnisse der Natur im Siedlungsraum. Zudem geht es ihm weniger gut, als man vielleicht meint.» Wildtierbiologe Andreas Boldt im SRF-Tagesgespräch zum Igel #TierdesJahres: www.srf.ch/play/radio/r...

Who should pay when commercial forestry creates conservation problems? New analysis shows 200,000-971,000 ha of UK peatland at risk from conifer invasion. Based on our @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social poster. #peatlands Link - tinyurl.com/yc3b2s9h Feedback/ comments welcome—not my usual writing style!

Eine der dringendsten Aufgaben, um sich am die Folgen der Klimakrise anzupassen: 👉 Wir müssen endlich anfangen Wasser 💧 in der Landschaft zu halten, anstatt es über Gräben, Kanäle & begradigte Flüsse möglichst schnell rauszuleiten, wie es gegenwärtige Praxis ist.

Just in time for Santa Claus to prepare the gifts 🤶🎅🦌🛷

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]

Meadowview Biological Research is in need of donations to meet their 13.7K payment in a month. Plus you can buy really cool bog plants or just a big bag of live sphagnum moss. Don't let this wetland fall in the hands of those who would quite literally "drain the swamp."

🚨📸 About 2 weeks left to send in your best #wildlife in a #peatland shot and publish in the 2026 edition of #PeatCalendar Email to: [email protected] Deadline: 30 September

Die Erlaubnis, Gas vor #Borkum zu fördern, ist ein Schlag ins Gesicht der Borkumer*innen, die sich für den Schutz der Insel einsetzen. Und es ist eine grobe Missachtung des gesetzlichen Auftrags, den #Klimaschutz zu stärken und unser Land enkeltauglich zu machen. www.filiz-polat.de/presse/meldu...

⚠️ Monthly reminder for the upcoming Photo contest deadline on September 30th. Have your best shot of#wildlife in #peatlands and other #wetlands featured in the next edition of #PeatCalendar2026 🐻🦊🐸🕷️🦟🐜🦦🦫🦧🐃🦋🫎🦆 ℹ️ peatecr.com/contact-us2/... ✉️ [email protected]

Only 28 countries have so far submitted #carbon-cutting proposals to the UN, with some of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases – including China and the EU – still to produce their plans. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#TansleyReview: The effects of #drought on #Sphagnum #moss species and the implications for hydrology in #peatlands Keane et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue

PeatECR Bio Series #1 - just in time to introduce our first featured bio in for July 2025 💚 Today we introduce Leeza Speranskaya, a recent MSc graduate, focusing on evaporation dynamics in restiad peat bogs. Connect with Leeza here: www.linkedin.com/in/leeza-spe... #PeatECRBioSeries

Agreed!! 😍

The longer you look at moss, the more incredible it gets. Here's a closer look at Slender Cruet-moss (Tetraplodon mnioides). 📷 marceau_c on iNaturalist 📍 Austria 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

Our final #MapOfTheMonth is now online! This time we're featuring a map created by bryophyte recorder Steven Heathcote, showing sphagnum species richness at Askham Bog, York: www.neyedc.org.uk/updates-insi... Steve was accompanied on the survey by one of our Ecological Data Officers, Hannah! 🔎

🧪 At one point in earth's history, warm air temperatures, high humidity, and high CO2 stimulated photosynthesis. Land was covered with dense, lush vegetation🌿. But a new study shows that while marsh CO2 uptake will ⬆️ with atm. CO2, so too will emissions of CH4. peatmail.substack.com/p/jurassic-m...

🚨Little reminder for all #PeatECR #photographers to send in your best shots of #wildlife in #wetlands and #peatlands. 🏆 Receive fame and appreciation while we feature your photos in our next edition of the #PeatCalendar. ✉️ [email protected] 📸 Deadline for submission September 30, 2025

New paper out today led by Ben Keane on Sphagnum recovery from drought. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"Man muss ... so ehrlich sein, dass auch andere Zukunftspolitik bezüglich Schulden, Renten oder sogar innerer & äußerer Sicherheit auf eine Art unrealistisch ist, weil sie auf der falschen Prämisse beruht, die aktuelle Reststabilität klimatischer Verhältnisse ließe sich in die Zukunft hochrechnen."

Die #Ostsee stirbt. ☠️ Die Ursachen: zu intensive Nutzung, Altlasten, vor allem aber viel zuviel Eintrag von Nährstoffen aus der #Landwirtschaft 🚜. Es muss schnell gehandelt werden. 👉 Aber getan wird trotzdem lieber erstmal nix, denn es könnte ja wer verärgert über mögliche Einschränkungen sein.

Wow, the amazing ‘Orkney Hood’ is so well preserved it looks like it was woven yesterday rather than c. 1,600 years ago! Found in peat in 1867, this remarkable woollen hood from Iron Age Orkney likely belonged to a child. AD250 - AD615 National Museum of Scotland 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

Moss friends in the UK if any of you happens across Sphagnum warnstorfii by any chance, would you mind collecting a small amount for me by any chance? 🙏

‼️ #Warming🌡️ ➡️ #MicrobialCommunities and substrate mediated ecosystem functions in #Sphagnum- and #ShrubPeatlands Results: The #CarbonDioxide💨 emission from shrub-dominated peatlands was significantly lower than that from Sphagnum-dominated peatlands. doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

All das könnte Unmengen Wasser 💧 in der Landschaft zurückhalten, der auch direkt & indirekt positive Folgen für die Landwirtschaft hätte. Aber das wird nichtmal diskutiert. Es wird so getan, als ob man mit großen Becken zur Bewässerung einfach so weitermachen könnte wie bisher. #Dürre

Sweet reading for everyone with a 💚 for free-range sphagnum and pitcher plants in swamps and peatlands. #KeepSpahgnumInThePeatland

Sunday mood in a degraded bog with some glowy Polytrichum moss #MakePeatlandsWetAgain

Two days remain to comment on the US FWS and NMFS rule change that undermines the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This proposal rescinds the definition of “harm,” limiting protections to actions that directly injure or kill listed species, leaving their habitats vulnerable. Please submit comments! 🧪

🔎 Find and follow us on LinkedIn too now and get updates on #PeatNeeds, #PeatCalendar, #PeatPublications and other #PeatECR resources and services. 🔗 www.linkedin.com/company/peat...

With field season right around the corner, a little reminder to all #PeatECR to put your camera focus on #peatland wildlife this year 🐸🐻🦟🕷️🦋🐟🦩🦫🦦🫎🪿…🦄 Check out the terms and conditions for having your photo featured in the 2026 #PeatCalendar here 🔗 peatecr.com/contact-us2/...

🚨 #PeatECR don’t miss your chance to apply for the 2025 #PeatNeeds microgrants! 🗓️ Just less than a week left to apply for the final round of funding. Send us your wish list, let us know how we can support you! 🐸🕷️🌱💦🫧 ℹ️ More info on requirements and conditions here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1O6J...

TWO new opportunities available for working in #Peatlands. #PeatlandResearcher at Kew, deadline 20/04/2025 bit.ly/43UYlDC #CommunicationsOfficer - Peatlands with Lancashire Wildlife Trust, deadline 05/05/2025 bit.ly/3Ec6Hwd

📸 #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]

Would you like your #Peatland stories and resources featured at #COP15Zimbabwe? #PeatlandPavilion will be stopping off at #RamsarCOP as part of its world tour. Submit your content by the end of May - see video (sound up!) tinyurl.com/56ezjv56, or submit here tinyurl.com/3dfzbak2 🎬Richard Lindsay

The third recipient of our March #PeatNeeds microgrants is Sebestian Kalang William from the University of Tartu. He is working on measuring GHG fluxes in tropical peat swamp forests and land use change. 1/2

in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list

Die CDU-Agrarminister der Bundesländer + Überläufer aus Brandenburg (SPD) und Thüringen (BSW) fordern die Aufhebung der #Wiederherstellungs -verordnung (WVO). Bremen, Hamburg und Niedersachsen unterstützen die WVO. MV und Saarland äußern sich nicht. www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesreg...

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 🐸

Some Cladonia lichens. From a few years back. Northwest Territories, Canada. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends

🚨 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...

The next recipient of our March #PeatNeeds microgrants is Laura Catalina Riaño Peña. She is working on ecological restoration of pools in ombrotrophic and minerotrophic peatlands in Canada.

The first recipient of our March #PeatNeeds microgrants is Dylan Oliver. He is part of the wet woodlands research network (@wetwoodlands.bsky.social) where scientists and stakeholders are interested in nature-based solutions for climate change. 1/2

Thanks to @peatlandecr.bsky.social for their #PeatNeeds support to @dylanoliver58.bsky.social. It’s a great microgrant scheme for researchers on a tight budget! @wetwoodlands.bsky.social @rhulgeography.bsky.social

🚨 #PeatECR don’t miss your chance to apply for the 2025 #PeatNeeds microgrants! 🗓️ Just over a week left to apply for funding in March. Send us your wish list, before you head off into the field! 🐸🕷️🌱💦🫧 ℹ️ More info on requirements and conditions here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1O6J...

3 jobs are available in the project WETSCAPES2.0 in Rostock, Germany. Check it out if your looking for a peaty, hands on job! Applications due March 3rd jobs.uni-rostock.de/jobposting/d...

🚨 #PeatECR don’t miss your chance to apply for the 2025 #PeatNeeds microgrants! 🗓️ Three weeks left to apply for funding in March. Send us your wish list, before you head off into the field! 🐸🕷️🌱💦🫧 ℹ️ More info on requirements and conditions here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1O6J...

#PeatNeeds is back! Need a little money to help support your research? Something not covered by your scholarship or project, but you still need it? 🥾🧪🔬 Check out our website to read about all the cool projects we've supported in the past!

Over 350 people joined the 'Pact for wetlands' meeting in Poznan today. I am deeply grateful to have been invited as first keynote speaker. Ogromnie dziękuję za ten znak współpracy i zaufania! And yes, this pact should become a pact also for all future wetlands! We need them in our landscapes.

📣 Job oppprtunity in Sweden 🇸🇪 for #PeatECR! Check it out! 🐸