Andreas Heinemeyer
@andreasheinem.bsky.social
Ecosystem ecologist at University of York (SEI-Y).
Specialized on peatlands (hydrology, carbon, methane, water quality, vegetation).
Love the outdoors, trombones (!) & good music and a lively debate on important issues. Be kind to each other.
Specialized on peatlands (hydrology, carbon, methane, water quality, vegetation).
Love the outdoors, trombones (!) & good music and a lively debate on important issues. Be kind to each other.
Pinned
Peatland-ES-UK
Peatland (upland & heather-dominated Blanket Bog) - Management and Ecosystem Services in the UK
Please also see our website at: Ecological Continuity Trust (with other long-term monit...
peatland-es-uk.york.ac.uk
Interested in heather-dominated peatlands?
Our 10-year report peatland-es-uk.york.ac.uk/home is available in various forms:
10-year report (update to the previous Defra report)
Full summary (for practitioners & policy makers)
Short summary (for people with little time)
🧵 on background & findings 🔥🚜🌿
Our 10-year report peatland-es-uk.york.ac.uk/home is available in various forms:
10-year report (update to the previous Defra report)
Full summary (for practitioners & policy makers)
Short summary (for people with little time)
🧵 on background & findings 🔥🚜🌿
This @ect-uk.bsky.social post is so nice to see!
I am immensely proud to have managed to lead such an exciting, holistic and well-design project over nearly 15 years.
I am immensely proud to have managed to lead such an exciting, holistic and well-design project over nearly 15 years.
December 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This @ect-uk.bsky.social post is so nice to see!
I am immensely proud to have managed to lead such an exciting, holistic and well-design project over nearly 15 years.
I am immensely proud to have managed to lead such an exciting, holistic and well-design project over nearly 15 years.
Today's background music during peaty literature reading (with some fire added to it!): www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x3O...
Just listen to 25 min in [ Francesco Usper - Sonata 8 ] ... fantastic trombone/sackbut team!
Just listen to 25 min in [ Francesco Usper - Sonata 8 ] ... fantastic trombone/sackbut team!
Christmas Concert with Baroque Composers | La Cetra Barockorchester, Andrea Marcon
YouTube video by Total Baroque
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Today's background music during peaty literature reading (with some fire added to it!): www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x3O...
Just listen to 25 min in [ Francesco Usper - Sonata 8 ] ... fantastic trombone/sackbut team!
Just listen to 25 min in [ Francesco Usper - Sonata 8 ] ... fantastic trombone/sackbut team!
Who can share a pdf for this #peatland paper by Tallis:
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
Growth and degradation of British and Irish blanket mires
🤠
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
Growth and degradation of British and Irish blanket mires
🤠
Growth and degradation of British and Irish blanket mires
Blanket mires extend over approximately 22,500 km2 of the north and west of the British Isles, and are of both national and international importance. Blanket peat started to form locally in some regio...
cdnsciencepub.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Who can share a pdf for this #peatland paper by Tallis:
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
Growth and degradation of British and Irish blanket mires
🤠
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
Growth and degradation of British and Irish blanket mires
🤠
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Very curious to watch this webinar later. Also, what a tribute to the creative power of a pint in a good pub!
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Very curious to watch this webinar later. Also, what a tribute to the creative power of a pint in a good pub!
Reposted by Andreas Heinemeyer
Peaty people: we're hosting a special issue in the Taylor & Francis journal Sustainable Environment. Do consider submitting to it - the scope is broad and multidisciplinary. think.taylorandfrancis.com/article_coll...
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Peaty people: we're hosting a special issue in the Taylor & Francis journal Sustainable Environment. Do consider submitting to it - the scope is broad and multidisciplinary. think.taylorandfrancis.com/article_coll...
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Whilst a lot of what Bill Gates wrote in his memo makes a certain amount of sense, his main point that short term emissions reduction is not the priority is based on flawed and out of date data.
I’ve scribbled on his graph below to add a very important line - reality.
#climatechange #acceleration
I’ve scribbled on his graph below to add a very important line - reality.
#climatechange #acceleration
October 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Whilst a lot of what Bill Gates wrote in his memo makes a certain amount of sense, his main point that short term emissions reduction is not the priority is based on flawed and out of date data.
I’ve scribbled on his graph below to add a very important line - reality.
#climatechange #acceleration
I’ve scribbled on his graph below to add a very important line - reality.
#climatechange #acceleration
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JOB ALERT! Do you also love large ecological experiments? Become coordinator of our big new geo-biosphere experiment in @terra-cluster.org. 7-year position! Follow link for details.
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@britishecologicalsociety.org
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
@uslter.bsky.social
Please repost!
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@britishecologicalsociety.org
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
@uslter.bsky.social
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Stellenangebote: Universität Hohenheim
Aktuelle Stellenangebote der Universität Hohenheim.
www.uni-hohenheim.de
October 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
JOB ALERT! Do you also love large ecological experiments? Become coordinator of our big new geo-biosphere experiment in @terra-cluster.org. 7-year position! Follow link for details.
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@britishecologicalsociety.org
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
@uslter.bsky.social
Please repost!
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@britishecologicalsociety.org
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
@uslter.bsky.social
Please repost!
More carbon fluxes to be processed.
More good music required:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPXg...
Who would not want to play in this beautiful surrounding?
Fluxes, here we come!
More good music required:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPXg...
Who would not want to play in this beautiful surrounding?
Fluxes, here we come!
Baroque Concert: Les Goûts Réunis | Jordi Savall & Le Concert des Nations
YouTube video by DW Classical Music
www.youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
More carbon fluxes to be processed.
More good music required:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPXg...
Who would not want to play in this beautiful surrounding?
Fluxes, here we come!
More good music required:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPXg...
Who would not want to play in this beautiful surrounding?
Fluxes, here we come!
Reposted by Andreas Heinemeyer
In a functioning society, this would have been front page news everywhere.
In our society, this didn't make the fine print.
As @georgemonbiot.bsky.social pointed out once, it's quite depressing to check the headlines when you know what the real headline should be...
In our society, this didn't make the fine print.
As @georgemonbiot.bsky.social pointed out once, it's quite depressing to check the headlines when you know what the real headline should be...
October 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In a functioning society, this would have been front page news everywhere.
In our society, this didn't make the fine print.
As @georgemonbiot.bsky.social pointed out once, it's quite depressing to check the headlines when you know what the real headline should be...
In our society, this didn't make the fine print.
As @georgemonbiot.bsky.social pointed out once, it's quite depressing to check the headlines when you know what the real headline should be...
Reposted by Andreas Heinemeyer
There are a few people that are inspirations to almost all scientists that I know, and Jane Goodall was one of them. RIP. 😢
Jane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist and conservationist, has died
Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.
apnews.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
There are a few people that are inspirations to almost all scientists that I know, and Jane Goodall was one of them. RIP. 😢
What is wrong with Labour? This sums it up!
BREAKING: Police attempt to take wheelchair away from disabled protestor after arresting them under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign which says “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action” for nine hours.
The defiance won’t stop. Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
The defiance won’t stop. Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
September 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
What is wrong with Labour? This sums it up!
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What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
September 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
One of the overlooked risks in the uplands. Banning heather burning will most likely cause a huge increase in ticks and their associated nasty illnesses. Tall heather & bracken as well as brash layers from heather cutting will be perfect habitats.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
As my daughter got sicker and sicker, our quest for answers dragged on. How did we all miss the bacteria taking over her body?
I write about nature, but when Milly got sick with a mystery illness, it never occurred to me that a long-forgotten tick bite could be the cause
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
One of the overlooked risks in the uplands. Banning heather burning will most likely cause a huge increase in ticks and their associated nasty illnesses. Tall heather & bracken as well as brash layers from heather cutting will be perfect habitats.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Long-term monitoring is so important!
@ect-uk.bsky.social has a few peatland sites.
Peatland-ES-UK informs about heather management impacts on carbon, water & diversity.
Here the latest (total) vegetation cover data (5x5 m plots). Big Sphagnum increase across 3 sites on burnt plots (since 2021)!
@ect-uk.bsky.social has a few peatland sites.
Peatland-ES-UK informs about heather management impacts on carbon, water & diversity.
Here the latest (total) vegetation cover data (5x5 m plots). Big Sphagnum increase across 3 sites on burnt plots (since 2021)!
September 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Long-term monitoring is so important!
@ect-uk.bsky.social has a few peatland sites.
Peatland-ES-UK informs about heather management impacts on carbon, water & diversity.
Here the latest (total) vegetation cover data (5x5 m plots). Big Sphagnum increase across 3 sites on burnt plots (since 2021)!
@ect-uk.bsky.social has a few peatland sites.
Peatland-ES-UK informs about heather management impacts on carbon, water & diversity.
Here the latest (total) vegetation cover data (5x5 m plots). Big Sphagnum increase across 3 sites on burnt plots (since 2021)!
Music for reviewing evidence for peatland policy !
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr41...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr41...
Marshall Gilkes & WDR BIG BAND - Fresh Start | Konzert
YouTube video by WDR BIG BAND
www.youtube.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Music for reviewing evidence for peatland policy !
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr41...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr41...
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Funfact: Die neue Bahnchefin Evelyn Palla ist nicht nur die 1. Frau in diesem Amt, sondern auch die Erste mit eigenem Lokführerschein. Bedeutet: Sie kann die Flotte, die sie jetzt leitet, auch selbst bedienen - eine Kompetenz, die sie von allen ihren 17 männlichen Vorgängern bislang unterscheidet😊
September 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Funfact: Die neue Bahnchefin Evelyn Palla ist nicht nur die 1. Frau in diesem Amt, sondern auch die Erste mit eigenem Lokführerschein. Bedeutet: Sie kann die Flotte, die sie jetzt leitet, auch selbst bedienen - eine Kompetenz, die sie von allen ihren 17 männlichen Vorgängern bislang unterscheidet😊
Peatlands are complex and so is there hydrology - and terminology!
Reading this paper will hopefully help people better understand why not to use the "peatland = sponge" claim.
Reading this paper will hopefully help people better understand why not to use the "peatland = sponge" claim.
I really enjoyed contributing to this peatland paper. Down with the sponge analogy!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
September 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Peatlands are complex and so is there hydrology - and terminology!
Reading this paper will hopefully help people better understand why not to use the "peatland = sponge" claim.
Reading this paper will hopefully help people better understand why not to use the "peatland = sponge" claim.
Finally, likely enough rainfall today to put out the last of the fire spots on the North York Moors? At least in York it is very wet!
September 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Finally, likely enough rainfall today to put out the last of the fire spots on the North York Moors? At least in York it is very wet!
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There are 3 new papers from the Peatland team:
Using testate amoebae to monitor #peatlands & #restoration bit.ly/47CeW0X
How an LED torch monitoring #carbon exchange can be used in dark conditions bit.ly/4lQN0K8
Different management types affect the #vegetation composition bit.ly/47Rhs3e
🌏
Using testate amoebae to monitor #peatlands & #restoration bit.ly/47CeW0X
How an LED torch monitoring #carbon exchange can be used in dark conditions bit.ly/4lQN0K8
Different management types affect the #vegetation composition bit.ly/47Rhs3e
🌏
September 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
There are 3 new papers from the Peatland team:
Using testate amoebae to monitor #peatlands & #restoration bit.ly/47CeW0X
How an LED torch monitoring #carbon exchange can be used in dark conditions bit.ly/4lQN0K8
Different management types affect the #vegetation composition bit.ly/47Rhs3e
🌏
Using testate amoebae to monitor #peatlands & #restoration bit.ly/47CeW0X
How an LED torch monitoring #carbon exchange can be used in dark conditions bit.ly/4lQN0K8
Different management types affect the #vegetation composition bit.ly/47Rhs3e
🌏
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I'm boycotting the state banquet to send a message to both Donald Trump and Keir Starmer that they cannot close their eyes and wish away the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Donald Trump can stop this catastrophe in Gaza and get the hostages released.
youtu.be/4MqPsjiage8
Donald Trump can stop this catastrophe in Gaza and get the hostages released.
youtu.be/4MqPsjiage8
Boycotting Trump Banquet to Call for Gaza Action
I fear we could have a situation where Trump comes to our country, is honoured with a lavish dinner at one of our finest palaces, yet no one reminds him that he has the power to stop the horrifying…
youtu.be
August 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I'm boycotting the state banquet to send a message to both Donald Trump and Keir Starmer that they cannot close their eyes and wish away the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Donald Trump can stop this catastrophe in Gaza and get the hostages released.
youtu.be/4MqPsjiage8
Donald Trump can stop this catastrophe in Gaza and get the hostages released.
youtu.be/4MqPsjiage8
@landethics.bsky.social look at this (especially point 6) ... maybe this paper will help bust the myth on 75%?! 🤓
There are many misleading claims around controlled heather burning, which can be a useful, important and even beneficial management tool on moorlands (peatland). Evidence and its interpretation is often inadequate, not applicable or non existent (time & scale & methods): tinyurl.com/47fjdzew
(PDF) Prescribed heather burning on peatlands: A review of ten key claims made about heather management impacts and implications for future UK policy
PDF | In a previous Mires and Peat article, Bacon et al. (2017) questioned ten common assumptions frequently made about peatlands "in the academic... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
tinyurl.com
August 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
@landethics.bsky.social look at this (especially point 6) ... maybe this paper will help bust the myth on 75%?! 🤓
There are many misleading claims around controlled heather burning, which can be a useful, important and even beneficial management tool on moorlands (peatland). Evidence and its interpretation is often inadequate, not applicable or non existent (time & scale & methods): tinyurl.com/47fjdzew
(PDF) Prescribed heather burning on peatlands: A review of ten key claims made about heather management impacts and implications for future UK policy
PDF | In a previous Mires and Peat article, Bacon et al. (2017) questioned ten common assumptions frequently made about peatlands "in the academic... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
tinyurl.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
There are many misleading claims around controlled heather burning, which can be a useful, important and even beneficial management tool on moorlands (peatland). Evidence and its interpretation is often inadequate, not applicable or non existent (time & scale & methods): tinyurl.com/47fjdzew
Today's special swim. Tyrella beach in Northern Ireland. Beautiful spot!
August 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Today's special swim. Tyrella beach in Northern Ireland. Beautiful spot!
Peatland-ES-UK @sei.org paper on peatland (blanket bog) management.
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
Nutrient levels in heather & cotton-grass over time after burning & cutting (young) vs unmanaged (old) heather:
Considering implications on carbon & grazing (incl. red grouse).
@naturalengland.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
Nutrient levels in heather & cotton-grass over time after burning & cutting (young) vs unmanaged (old) heather:
Considering implications on carbon & grazing (incl. red grouse).
@naturalengland.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Peatland-ES-UK @sei.org paper on peatland (blanket bog) management.
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
Nutrient levels in heather & cotton-grass over time after burning & cutting (young) vs unmanaged (old) heather:
Considering implications on carbon & grazing (incl. red grouse).
@naturalengland.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
Nutrient levels in heather & cotton-grass over time after burning & cutting (young) vs unmanaged (old) heather:
Considering implications on carbon & grazing (incl. red grouse).
@naturalengland.bsky.social
Very happy about this new paper from our @sei.org YorkPeatTeam 🤠:
rdcu.be/ezhzt
Ever wondered how peatland carbon fluxes are limited under dark/foggy conditions - do they provide robust light response models? Turns out, shining a light (LED) helps ! 🔦
rdcu.be/ezhzt
Ever wondered how peatland carbon fluxes are limited under dark/foggy conditions - do they provide robust light response models? Turns out, shining a light (LED) helps ! 🔦
August 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Very happy about this new paper from our @sei.org YorkPeatTeam 🤠:
rdcu.be/ezhzt
Ever wondered how peatland carbon fluxes are limited under dark/foggy conditions - do they provide robust light response models? Turns out, shining a light (LED) helps ! 🔦
rdcu.be/ezhzt
Ever wondered how peatland carbon fluxes are limited under dark/foggy conditions - do they provide robust light response models? Turns out, shining a light (LED) helps ! 🔦