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Five-year, £3.7m international research project to assess the risk that climate change poses to peatlands. Funded by @NERCscience
Thurso-based Scientist part of the PEAT MOTHERSHIP team takes on a running challenge on #WorldHeritageDay to raise awareness of the Flow Country - the world’s first and only peatland World Heritage Site www.justgiving.com/page/through...
Through Flow: a 110km run across the Flow Country
Help Roxane Andersen raise money to support The Flow Country Partnership
www.justgiving.com
April 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St. David's Day, and thanks to everyone working to restore and safeguard #Peatlands across #Wales.

Find out more about the work of the National Peatland Action Programme bit.ly/3FdX67W #WalesPeatlandAction

📷 Emma Goodyer.
March 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Germany is working to restore peatlands that were once drained for agriculture—a practice that released vast quantities of carbon dioxide and harmed the rich plant and animal life in marshes and bogs.
Turning Farmland Back to Peatland: Can It Slow CO2 Emissions?
Farmers have long drained peatlands for agriculture, but the dried-out soils release vast quantities of CO2. To halt this process, new initiatives in Germany are not only rewetting peatlands but also ...
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February 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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“Whether in Europe, North America, Brazil, the Congo Basin, or Indonesia, preventing peat degradation is essential for humanity if we are serious about achieving carbon neutrality by mid-century,” said Franziska Tanneberger, a peatland scientist and director of the Greifswald Mire Centre.
February 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Don't miss: 🚀 the Global #Peatland Hotspot Atlas launched at #COP29 in Baku today! 🗺️ Discover most up-to-date peatlands maps of 6 continents and thematic maps on biodiversity, water supply, environmental risks etc.
Use it to place peatlands on the global agenda! 💪https://kurzlinks.de/qmvr
November 21, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Lunchtime at our MOTHERSHIP project meeting, @ukceh.bsky.social Lancaster. Participants enjoying some 'Random Forest' time😊
November 12, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Our MOTHERSHIP project meeting at @ukceh.bsky.social Lancaster kicked off this morning. Excited to hear feedback from the project work packages.
November 12, 2024 at 11:43 AM
The first signs of winter can be seen at the
@JamesHuttonInst high altitude peatland monitoring site, where we were doing final 2024 downloads and samples yesterday. ❄️
September 29, 2024 at 2:20 PM
This week the @PeatMothership second year-end meeting happened at the @NatureScot @PeatlandACTION headquarters at Battleby
June 8, 2024 at 2:23 AM
The #PeatMothership crew also visited a local farming business to find out more about managing peat soils under agricultural use, including cattle breed selection, choices about water management, and the ongoing greenhouse gas flux monitoring at this site by
@JamesHuttonInst
June 8, 2024 at 2:19 AM
This week the crew of the good ship #PeatMothership visited the @NatureScot @PeatlandACTION Flanders Moss NNR raised bog yesterday. Rewarding discussions about restoration and management plans.
June 8, 2024 at 2:17 AM
The @PeatMothership second year-end meeting is happening at the @NatureScot @PeatlandACTION headquarters at Battleby
June 4, 2024 at 1:28 PM
A number of #PeatMothership staff recently organised and attended a #MathPeat conference
May 24, 2024 at 2:51 PM
The peat sector at ISIMIP 2024, PIK, Potsdam. Examining the first model outputs using the peat sector protocol, with initial analysis of peat hydrology by Michel Bechtold. L-R: Qing Sun, Michel Bechtold, Angela Gallego-Sala. Christopher Reyer in background and Noah Smith (behind camera).
May 20, 2024 at 10:37 AM
David Large discusses the mechanical limits to peatland growth at the Flows Country Research Conference, last week in Thurso.
March 24, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Dylan Young discusses modelling peatlands over time, using Digbog. at the Flows Country Conference, Thurso.
March 24, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Noah Smith discusses the Jules land surface model at the Flows Country Research Conference, last week in Thurso.
March 24, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Angela Gallego-Sala opens the modelling section at the Flows Country Research Conference, last week in Thurso.
March 24, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Roxanne Anderson discusses the impact of afforestation on carbon in the landscape at the Flows Country Research Conference, last week in Thurso.
March 24, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Alessandro Gimona gives a talk on the use of remote sensing of peatland vegetation type and water table depths at the Flows Country Research Conference.
March 20, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Mhairi Coyle gives a talk on the ScotFlux network at the Flows Country Research Conference.
March 20, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Rebekka Artz gives a keynote talk on peatland emissions at the Flows Country Research Conference.
March 20, 2024 at 6:45 PM
.@JamesHuttonInst and the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social were on the Cross Lochs peatland today, groundtruthing the landscape and checking the network of  water table loggers which contribute to European-wide modelling
March 20, 2024 at 6:43 PM
The James Hutton Institute: "Congratulations to our fabulous multidisciplinary #peatland team – the reach & impact of their work, putting - peatland on the map - won the 2023 #NatureOfScotland Conservation Science Award during the @RSPBScotland event in #Edinburgh last night 🏅More: bit.ly/3Ra765Y
Hutton’s peatland team pick up prestigious conversation award | The James Hutton Institute
Pioneering scientific research by The James Hutton Institute into Scotland’s globally important peatlands has been recognised at the leading Scottish nature conservation awards. The Hutton’s work...
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November 23, 2023 at 1:55 PM
As part of the @peatmothership.bsky.social project we are organising a series of workshops focusing on modelling the carbon cycle in peatlands. The workshops will share best practice. Today's first workshop introduced some of the models that include a peat implementation. Further dates soon!
November 14, 2023 at 5:42 PM