🎓 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

Sphagnum mosses are fascinating from physiology, ecology, and climate perspectives. I'm especially proud of this @newphyt.bsky.social paper meant to inspire new research on ecoevolution and biodiversity. Check out the incredible cover art by Blanka Aguero! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🔥 Big weekend for #peatland news! Great coverage of the Carbonique project led by Michelle Garneau at UQAM. 🌿 So glad peatlands are finally getting the recognition they deserve — not just as smelly, mosquito-filled swamps! 😄 💚 These ecosystems are key to carbon storage and climate action.

🔥 Canada is burning — and so are its peatlands! Yet carbon emissions from peat fires aren’t counted in current government stats. 😶‍🌫️ 🌍 #Peatlands matter for climate action. 📖 Read this great piece on why they’re key to conservation and restoration

Check out our new paper "Ecohydrological drivers of Boreal Shield peatland fire refugia" in Ecohydrology. Authors: Alex Tekatch, Chantel Markle, Sophie Wilkinson, Paul Moore, @mercury-ecohydro.bsky.social, @peatofmind.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🌍 Big news in peatland science! 5 current & former PERG researchers are in the global top 10 for peatland restoration! 🌿 🏆 Shoutout to Line Rochefort #1 worldwide! 💥 @ulaval.ca also ranks #1 globally! 📖 Read: shorturl.at/uJl6A #Peatlands #PeatSky @wetland-ghg.bsky.social @peatofmind.bsky.social

🎙️ 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

🎉 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

Happy #WorldPeatlandsDay! This week @gret-perg.bsky.social celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Bois-des-Bel #peatland #restoration project! Throwback to 2000 and our first eddy covariance measurements on a restored peatland. #BDB25

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

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

📢 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

Roxane Andersen, a peatland scientist and Trustee of the Flow Country Partnership, is taking on her longest run yet to raise awareness and funds for the world's first UNESCO World Heritage Site #peatland 🌍 Support her: tinyurl.com/y488rbj7 #PeatlandsMatter #FlowCountry

🌿 New Report Alert! 🌿 D. Campbell and L. Rochefort have published an annotated bibliography covering major stressors and mitigation strategies for #peatlands in the Hudson Bay Lowland and Boreal Shield. 📄 Report rb.gy/qd5au7 📚 Bibliography (Zotero) rb.gy/3lq0fj 🔍 How to use rb.gy/e7492w #PeatSky

We are looking for a MSc or PhD candidate for a project aiming at developping of innovative #revegetation methods for mineral substrates in the Low Arctic tundra More info: www.gret-perg.ulaval.ca/en/join-our-... #Nunavik #restoration #biocrust #Rough&Loose

PhD student Aamir Shehzad Khan leads our first large-scale research on restoring cyperaceae-brown moss #peatlands (rich fens) in Quebec's Lower St. Lawrence. 📚✨ Post-restoration, vascular plants thrived more than bryophytes. Low helophyte presence and no flooding were key for effective #rewetting 🌱

Reflecting on 2024 We: 🌍 Conducted fieldwork across Canada 🌱 Launched the Chair in Ecosystem Restoration 🎓 Celebrated Line Rochefort's honorary doctorate 🧪 Hosted the first Peatland Science Symposium 🌏 Had students participate in internships abroad and defend their theses Excited for 2025! 🎉

Yesterday, Talal Asif successfully defended his thesis under the supervision of Line Rochefort and Chris Freeman. We wish him much success in his future projects and hope he will continue to contribute significantly to the research and restoration of peatland ecosystems 🎓✨ 📸: Iris Duvivier

Line Rochefort et toute l’équipe du Groupe de recherche en écologie des tourbières (GRET) vous souhaitent : Line Rochefort and the entire team of the Peatland Ecology Research Group (PERG) wish you: 🎄☃️

Global mapping suggests that agriculture is the biggest source of peatland loss in Canada, but what do we really know about the area and potential GHG emissions? New review paper with Kelly Bona, Ph.D. and Chang Liang wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/EJN7C6...

🌿 The Peatland Ecology Research Group (PERG) is excited to join the #PeatSky community! 🌿 Founded in 1992 by Line Rochefort, PERG is a collaboration between the academic scientific community, the Canadian horticultural peat industry, and federal and provincial government agencies.