Rosie Broyd
@rosiebroyd.bsky.social
Ecosystem ecologist | Peatland Scientist @saerifi.bsky.social | Peatland wildfire ecohydrology 🔥 | Impacts of climate change on mountain soils 🏔 | Running 🏃🏼♀ | Easily distracted by dogs 🐾 | she/they
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Our latest #PeatPaper published in Hydrological Processes and led by MSc student Maia Moore!
“Ecohydrological Controls on Post-Fire Sphagnum Moss Recovery in Boreal Shield Peatlands”
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“Ecohydrological Controls on Post-Fire Sphagnum Moss Recovery in Boreal Shield Peatlands”
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
October 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Our latest #PeatPaper published in Hydrological Processes and led by MSc student Maia Moore!
“Ecohydrological Controls on Post-Fire Sphagnum Moss Recovery in Boreal Shield Peatlands”
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
“Ecohydrological Controls on Post-Fire Sphagnum Moss Recovery in Boreal Shield Peatlands”
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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📢 New Peatpedia post! A brief intro to #peatland soils, peat fossils, and moss piglets. Moss piglets! Microscopic creatures wriggling in the moss. I got very distracted doing background research on them, so a future post will be dedicated entirely to moss piglets!
open.substack.com/pub/peatpedi...
open.substack.com/pub/peatpedi...
September 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
📢 New Peatpedia post! A brief intro to #peatland soils, peat fossils, and moss piglets. Moss piglets! Microscopic creatures wriggling in the moss. I got very distracted doing background research on them, so a future post will be dedicated entirely to moss piglets!
open.substack.com/pub/peatpedi...
open.substack.com/pub/peatpedi...
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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/...
Authors: Alex Tekatch, Chantel Markle, Sophie Wilkinson, Paul Moore, @mercury-ecohydro.bsky.social, @peatofmind.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
July 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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/...
Authors: Alex Tekatch, Chantel Markle, Sophie Wilkinson, Paul Moore, @mercury-ecohydro.bsky.social, @peatofmind.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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CBC getting the word out there on peatland wildfire emissions, an increasingly important topic as fire seasons keep getting worse in Canada.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Carbon emissions from Canada's wildfires are spiking. But that's not counting our vast peatlands | CBC News
A new government model to estimate peatland emissions and their impact on climate change could provide a new perspective on the problem — and spark new discussions about solutions.
www.cbc.ca
July 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
CBC getting the word out there on peatland wildfire emissions, an increasingly important topic as fire seasons keep getting worse in Canada.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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New #PeatPaper led by Owen Sutton with @peatbloke.bsky.social and others
#peatlands
Shallow peatlands as sentinels of climate change
#peatlands
Shallow peatlands as sentinels of climate change
Our new paper in ERL, led by Owen Sutton & @peatofmind.bsky.social, considers how shallow peatlands could help us understand the response of deeper, more established peats and their huge soil C stocks to ongoing climate warming. Open access and free to all iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Shallow peatlands as sentinels of climate change - IOPscienceSearch
Shallow peatlands as sentinels of climate change, Sutton, Owen F, Furukawa, Alex K, Moore, Paul A, Morris, Paul J, Waddington, James M
iopscience.iop.org
May 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
New #PeatPaper led by Owen Sutton with @peatbloke.bsky.social and others
#peatlands
Shallow peatlands as sentinels of climate change
#peatlands
Shallow peatlands as sentinels of climate change
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New paper alert! Zombie fires overwinter, going underground to smolder through winter before reemerging. Until recently, we knew these fires occurred but knew little of their ecological or carbon impacts. Along with my amazing coauthors, we set out to change this. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Overwintering fires can occur in both peatlands and upland forests with varying ecological impacts - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Field measurements of fires burning over winter at 20 sites in the Northwest Territories of Canada and in Alaska find that such fires occur in both peatlands and upland forests, and provide informatio...
www.nature.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
New paper alert! Zombie fires overwinter, going underground to smolder through winter before reemerging. Until recently, we knew these fires occurred but knew little of their ecological or carbon impacts. Along with my amazing coauthors, we set out to change this. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Vienna Calling!
The MAC Ecohydrology Lab are looking forward to the #EGU25 in just over two weeks.
We will be presenting our research on #peatlands, #wildfire, and #ecohydrology in several posters and talks.
Stop by our posters to talk all things peat.
Vienna Calling!
The MAC Ecohydrology Lab are looking forward to the #EGU25 in just over two weeks.
We will be presenting our research on #peatlands, #wildfire, and #ecohydrology in several posters and talks.
Stop by our posters to talk all things peat.
April 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Vienna Calling!
The MAC Ecohydrology Lab are looking forward to the #EGU25 in just over two weeks.
We will be presenting our research on #peatlands, #wildfire, and #ecohydrology in several posters and talks.
Stop by our posters to talk all things peat.
Vienna Calling!
The MAC Ecohydrology Lab are looking forward to the #EGU25 in just over two weeks.
We will be presenting our research on #peatlands, #wildfire, and #ecohydrology in several posters and talks.
Stop by our posters to talk all things peat.
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Check out this new Georgian Bay Biosphere #StateOfTheBay "Learning from Fire" video featuring Gracie Crafts & @sciencewithkyra.bsky.social!
#wildfire
#shkode
#peatlands
@nobel-water.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0sL...
#wildfire
#shkode
#peatlands
@nobel-water.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0sL...
Learning From Fire
YouTube video by Georgian Bay Biosphere
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April 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Check out this new Georgian Bay Biosphere #StateOfTheBay "Learning from Fire" video featuring Gracie Crafts & @sciencewithkyra.bsky.social!
#wildfire
#shkode
#peatlands
@nobel-water.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0sL...
#wildfire
#shkode
#peatlands
@nobel-water.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0sL...
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In the McMaster Ecohydrology Lab, we've been studying how #moss transplants can help to kickstart vegetation recovery after a severe #wildfire.
@nobel-water.bsky.social @peatofmind.bsky.social
#drone
@nobel-water.bsky.social @peatofmind.bsky.social
#drone
March 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
In the McMaster Ecohydrology Lab, we've been studying how #moss transplants can help to kickstart vegetation recovery after a severe #wildfire.
@nobel-water.bsky.social @peatofmind.bsky.social
#drone
@nobel-water.bsky.social @peatofmind.bsky.social
#drone
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🧊🔥 New paper @natclimchange.bsky.social: After millennia as a carbon deep-freezer for the planet, a third of the Arctic-boreal zone is now a CO2 source to the atmosphere. The int’l research team was led by @annvirkk.bsky.social
⬇️ Learn more:
permafrost.woodwellclimate.org/after-millen...
⬇️ Learn more:
permafrost.woodwellclimate.org/after-millen...
January 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🧊🔥 New paper @natclimchange.bsky.social: After millennia as a carbon deep-freezer for the planet, a third of the Arctic-boreal zone is now a CO2 source to the atmosphere. The int’l research team was led by @annvirkk.bsky.social
⬇️ Learn more:
permafrost.woodwellclimate.org/after-millen...
⬇️ Learn more:
permafrost.woodwellclimate.org/after-millen...
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Last week's highlight was our study in @natclimchange.bsky.social showing over 30% of the Arctic-boreal region as a CO2 source: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Wildfires offset the increasing but spatially heterogeneous Arctic–boreal CO2 uptake - Nature Climate Change
How the carbon stocks of the Arctic–Boreal Zone change with warming is not well understood. Here the authors show that wildfires and large regional differences in net carbon fluxes offset the overall ...
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January 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Last week's highlight was our study in @natclimchange.bsky.social showing over 30% of the Arctic-boreal region as a CO2 source: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Hey @bsky.app! Check out one of my latest collaborative papers, published last year in @naturecomms.bsky.social:
🔥 Wildfires are spreading fast in Canada - we must strengthen forests for the future
🔗 go.nature.com/4dTqbCo
✍️ Mulverhill et al (2024)
@forestry.ubc.ca #wildfires #Canada #forestry
🔥 Wildfires are spreading fast in Canada - we must strengthen forests for the future
🔗 go.nature.com/4dTqbCo
✍️ Mulverhill et al (2024)
@forestry.ubc.ca #wildfires #Canada #forestry
Wildfires are spreading fast in Canada — we must strengthen forests for the future
As wildfires become more frequent and severe, efforts to improve the resilience of forests must be grounded in data and led by Indigenous Peoples.
go.nature.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Hey @bsky.app! Check out one of my latest collaborative papers, published last year in @naturecomms.bsky.social:
🔥 Wildfires are spreading fast in Canada - we must strengthen forests for the future
🔗 go.nature.com/4dTqbCo
✍️ Mulverhill et al (2024)
@forestry.ubc.ca #wildfires #Canada #forestry
🔥 Wildfires are spreading fast in Canada - we must strengthen forests for the future
🔗 go.nature.com/4dTqbCo
✍️ Mulverhill et al (2024)
@forestry.ubc.ca #wildfires #Canada #forestry
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Happy World Wetlands Day! And what a better way to celebrate, than to announce that #PeatNeeds is back! Applications are now open for $100 CAD microgrants. #PeatECR (within 7 years of terminal degree) are eligible for funding. For more information or to apply see docs.google.com/forms/d/1O6J...
February 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Happy World Wetlands Day! And what a better way to celebrate, than to announce that #PeatNeeds is back! Applications are now open for $100 CAD microgrants. #PeatECR (within 7 years of terminal degree) are eligible for funding. For more information or to apply see docs.google.com/forms/d/1O6J...
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I'm pleased to share our recent collaborative publication in the Canadian Journal of Forest Research investigating the impacts and drivers of the 2023 wildfires in British Columbia and identifying six transformative strategies to coexist with wildfire.
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cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....
January 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I'm pleased to share our recent collaborative publication in the Canadian Journal of Forest Research investigating the impacts and drivers of the 2023 wildfires in British Columbia and identifying six transformative strategies to coexist with wildfire.
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Textbooks claim that the boreal region is species poor. This is FALSE. There is a tremendous amount of cryptic biodiversity in the moss and lichen species that literally blanket the north. We just need to slow down and respect the fairy forests.
January 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Textbooks claim that the boreal region is species poor. This is FALSE. There is a tremendous amount of cryptic biodiversity in the moss and lichen species that literally blanket the north. We just need to slow down and respect the fairy forests.
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List of the wonderful people working with biocrust. Let me know if you want in on the fun. All biocrust enthusiasts are invited!
December 5, 2024 at 10:46 PM
List of the wonderful people working with biocrust. Let me know if you want in on the fun. All biocrust enthusiasts are invited!
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🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️⭐️ Merry 4th Advent-week, cherished #peatland people!
“Alas! How dreary would be the world if there was no #PeatECR! There would be no #PeatNeeds then, no #PeatWrites, no #PeatCalendar to make tolerable this existence.”
Join the team and keep the support active! ☃️
📷: @meikelemmer.bsky.social
“Alas! How dreary would be the world if there was no #PeatECR! There would be no #PeatNeeds then, no #PeatWrites, no #PeatCalendar to make tolerable this existence.”
Join the team and keep the support active! ☃️
📷: @meikelemmer.bsky.social
December 23, 2024 at 10:09 AM
🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️⭐️ Merry 4th Advent-week, cherished #peatland people!
“Alas! How dreary would be the world if there was no #PeatECR! There would be no #PeatNeeds then, no #PeatWrites, no #PeatCalendar to make tolerable this existence.”
Join the team and keep the support active! ☃️
📷: @meikelemmer.bsky.social
“Alas! How dreary would be the world if there was no #PeatECR! There would be no #PeatNeeds then, no #PeatWrites, no #PeatCalendar to make tolerable this existence.”
Join the team and keep the support active! ☃️
📷: @meikelemmer.bsky.social
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Help restore my faith in the world. Who loves a good bog? Make yourselves known! For bogs are - time keepers, death defiers, artifact protectors, carbon trappers, water purifiers, food providers, beautiful mysterious places
December 17, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Help restore my faith in the world. Who loves a good bog? Make yourselves known! For bogs are - time keepers, death defiers, artifact protectors, carbon trappers, water purifiers, food providers, beautiful mysterious places
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Hello, world!
I'm trying to (re)connect with all the bryological community on Bluesky. Who am I missing?
go.bsky.app/C2v8MT4
#bryophytes #mosses #liverworts #hornworts #Iamabotanist
I'm trying to (re)connect with all the bryological community on Bluesky. Who am I missing?
go.bsky.app/C2v8MT4
#bryophytes #mosses #liverworts #hornworts #Iamabotanist
November 21, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Hello, world!
I'm trying to (re)connect with all the bryological community on Bluesky. Who am I missing?
go.bsky.app/C2v8MT4
#bryophytes #mosses #liverworts #hornworts #Iamabotanist
I'm trying to (re)connect with all the bryological community on Bluesky. Who am I missing?
go.bsky.app/C2v8MT4
#bryophytes #mosses #liverworts #hornworts #Iamabotanist
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🕯️🕯️🎄Happy second Advent-week to all #PeatECR and #peatland folks!
We’re looking for dynamic, motivated new members to continue our mission to support PeatECR all over the world 🤝🌎
Contact us via 🌐www.peatecr.com or via 📧 peatecr@gmail.com for more information.
📸: @andreasheinem.bsky.social
We’re looking for dynamic, motivated new members to continue our mission to support PeatECR all over the world 🤝🌎
Contact us via 🌐www.peatecr.com or via 📧 peatecr@gmail.com for more information.
📸: @andreasheinem.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 7:31 AM
🕯️🕯️🎄Happy second Advent-week to all #PeatECR and #peatland folks!
We’re looking for dynamic, motivated new members to continue our mission to support PeatECR all over the world 🤝🌎
Contact us via 🌐www.peatecr.com or via 📧 peatecr@gmail.com for more information.
📸: @andreasheinem.bsky.social
We’re looking for dynamic, motivated new members to continue our mission to support PeatECR all over the world 🤝🌎
Contact us via 🌐www.peatecr.com or via 📧 peatecr@gmail.com for more information.
📸: @andreasheinem.bsky.social
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🎄 Advent calendar for plant enthusiasts!
With @vercakalnikova.bsky.social, we have gone through our photo archives and, quite unsurprisingly, found many alpine plants there. From now on, at least until Christmas, we will introduce one alpine plant species a day in this 🧵
⏬⏬
With @vercakalnikova.bsky.social, we have gone through our photo archives and, quite unsurprisingly, found many alpine plants there. From now on, at least until Christmas, we will introduce one alpine plant species a day in this 🧵
⏬⏬
December 1, 2024 at 11:15 AM
🎄 Advent calendar for plant enthusiasts!
With @vercakalnikova.bsky.social, we have gone through our photo archives and, quite unsurprisingly, found many alpine plants there. From now on, at least until Christmas, we will introduce one alpine plant species a day in this 🧵
⏬⏬
With @vercakalnikova.bsky.social, we have gone through our photo archives and, quite unsurprisingly, found many alpine plants there. From now on, at least until Christmas, we will introduce one alpine plant species a day in this 🧵
⏬⏬
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🌿 We need to raise the profile of #bryophyte ecological research 🌿 (and also a bryophyte emoji!)
In this opinion piece, we as a group of #ECRs outline barriers in bryophyte research and provide recommendations to overcome them across institutional levels & disciplines.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
In this opinion piece, we as a group of #ECRs outline barriers in bryophyte research and provide recommendations to overcome them across institutional levels & disciplines.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
December 9, 2024 at 9:44 AM
🌿 We need to raise the profile of #bryophyte ecological research 🌿 (and also a bryophyte emoji!)
In this opinion piece, we as a group of #ECRs outline barriers in bryophyte research and provide recommendations to overcome them across institutional levels & disciplines.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
In this opinion piece, we as a group of #ECRs outline barriers in bryophyte research and provide recommendations to overcome them across institutional levels & disciplines.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
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On behalf of the MAC Ecohydro Lab I'm happy to announce the winner of the 2024 #NobelPeatPrize for top Intl peat paper
Congrats to: Ehnvall et al.
Topography and time shape mire morphometry and large scale mire distribution patterns in the northern boreal landscape
JGR Earth Surface
#PeatSky
Congrats to: Ehnvall et al.
Topography and time shape mire morphometry and large scale mire distribution patterns in the northern boreal landscape
JGR Earth Surface
#PeatSky
December 5, 2024 at 1:06 PM
On behalf of the MAC Ecohydro Lab I'm happy to announce the winner of the 2024 #NobelPeatPrize for top Intl peat paper
Congrats to: Ehnvall et al.
Topography and time shape mire morphometry and large scale mire distribution patterns in the northern boreal landscape
JGR Earth Surface
#PeatSky
Congrats to: Ehnvall et al.
Topography and time shape mire morphometry and large scale mire distribution patterns in the northern boreal landscape
JGR Earth Surface
#PeatSky
Reposted by Rosie Broyd
Individual Sphagnum mosses lack structure and are prone to stress and desiccation. As an intertwined community, they fight off massive wildfires and protect the world’s largest soil carbon stock. They also nonchalantly preserve bog bodies.
Learn from Sphagnum. Be the Sphagnum.
Learn from Sphagnum. Be the Sphagnum.
November 30, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Individual Sphagnum mosses lack structure and are prone to stress and desiccation. As an intertwined community, they fight off massive wildfires and protect the world’s largest soil carbon stock. They also nonchalantly preserve bog bodies.
Learn from Sphagnum. Be the Sphagnum.
Learn from Sphagnum. Be the Sphagnum.