We also saw lots of wildlife, including snowy owls and an arctic fox, all in the middle of changing to their winter coats, and a (blurry) wolf. We also got up close with the permafrost! To find out more the nature and people of the region see: www.gwichin.ca/publications...

I am very grateful to have been able to work in and explore the landscape around Inuvik, in the traditional land of the Inuvialuit, Gwich’in and Metis peoples. The tundra colours always take my breath away and I was excited to learn a bit about the traditional names uses of some plants too.

Finally feeling recovered after the field and lab crash! Our field sites cover different vegetation types in the tundra, and we have been sampling to see what’s going on below the ground. We’ve been in the lab processing some samples since we got back; I’m excited to get on with the analysis now…

It’s been a month since I started working with the Wild lab at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social and we are heading out to the field! We’re heading up to Inuvik to see what’s going on under the tundra 👀🌿🍄‍🟫 w/
@larissafrey.bsky.social and Lewis!

Craig presenting to #rhizosphere6 some of the fantastic research and facilities here at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social this morning!

Presenting some data from multiple field sites and multiple bits of my thesis, looking how root traits vary within and across Arctic and alpine sites and with methodologies. Come say hi! #rhizosphere6

Yes I said excited and exciting and used multiple exclamation marks! I am compensating for a lack of coffee that is now being rectified! Also I have mushrooms on trousers and I’m excited about that too!! 🍄🍄‍🟫

School’s out and I’m at #Rhizosphere6 in Edinburgh! Excited to hear some exciting research!

Happy Earth day! Things can be rough for people and planet, but there’s so much beauty around us worth fighting for. Saw some beauties today. Spring has sprung! 🥰🐸🦋🌷

So lovely to have @ymalhi.bsky.social visit the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social school of geography this week for a insightful and thought provoking talk, and to discuss research in the our biodiversity and ecology group! Thanks @dr-sam-booth.bsky.social for organising!

I worked with the Vegetation Dynamics group at U/of Aarhus for fieldwork in Greenland, the bio-geodiversity group at U/of Oulu in Finland, the Mountain Legacy project (UVic) in the Canadian rockies, and team shrub and co in Scotland. Some of my favourite pics to illustrate!

The @uniofnottingham.bsky.social campus is so pretty in the snow!

I had a great time at the Envision conference here in @uniofnottingham.bsky.social and at @britgeosurvey.bsky.social! I had a go at drawing the range of research and some of our discussions over the last few days, what do you think? I missed a few, and I’m definitely biased, but a pretty cool range!

Finally home after a wonderful week in Belfast presenting at @britishecolsoc.bsky.social #BES2023! Another fab conference, full of so many interesting topics (I especially loved the special session on fire). Northern Ireland, you were just perfect, stunningly beautiful and full of friendliness.

So mine was supposed to signify the relationship between above and below ground plant traits (leaf and ?roots) with climate and disturbance (sun and fire). Sorry for my lack of artistic skill… 😅

Happy International
LGBTQIA + in STEM day and Pride in Polar Research day for tomorrow! We’ve been celebrating by decorating some polar research themed biscuits 🏳️‍🌈🐧🍃❄️