🌱 "You are allowed to build a small, quiet, unimpressive life that makes you deeply happy and never apologize for it." —Michell C Clark
Luke Andrews
@peatblogger.bsky.social
Peatland ecologist, biogeochemist, palaeoecologist, postdoc at Liverpool John Moores, small red car enthusiast, coffee addict, runner, and gardener. These are the topics I'll bore strangers to death with at parties. Also cats! 🏴
Everyone who has been to the poorer parts of Asia, Latin America or Africa knows how important international partners are for their people’s climate awareness fight, let alone how far a pound down there would go in supporting any adaptation project. Sigh.
Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 2w agoNew UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham will use money allocated to helping poor countries deal with the worst impacts of climate change to fund a new cap on bus fares across England.
On Chat Moss for GHG flux measurements with @laurabaugh94.bsky.social & @peatblogger.bsky.social. Fierce horseflies on the prowl as ever.
Another warm day for GHG work and water sampling on the Migneint blanket bog - measuring the effects of rewetting/restoration with @laurabaugh94.bsky.social & @peatblogger.bsky.social. On the drive back saw my book in the wild for the first time at Rhug Farm.
Lifetime ambition achieved: enjoyed a hot-pot where the majority of ingredients (plant-based ones obvs) were home-grown.
A scorching day for some greenhouse gas fieldwork on the Migneint blanket bog in North Wales, with @laurabaugh94.bsky.social, @peatblogger.bsky.social, and others.
Out on Chat Moss for some peat coring and greenhouse gas measurements with @rchiverrell.bsky.social, @laurabaugh94.bsky.social and @peatblogger.bsky.social. Lots of angry thistles and even angrier horseflies...
“In other words, unwritten science is not just incomplete; it simply does not exist for the purposes of the field. When you look at it this way, the job of a scientist - having ideas, testing them, and persuading others they are right - turns out to be, fundamentally, an act of writing.”
Ran Blekhman@blekhman.bsky.social · 2mo agoJust start writing. My new post: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Quick question for the peat/biogeochemistry/ecology community- has anyone had any experience using ready-made nylon mesh bags (like those for herbal tea or spices) for decomposition experiments, and is there a product you can recommend?
DO HARM TO YOUR ENEMIES; TREAT YOURSELF WITH KINDNESS!
Carys Numan is out of retirement and back in his natural habitat
A rather wet, windy and cold day on the Migneint with @laurabaugh94.bsky.social and @peatblogger.bsky.social for some GHG sampling. Also got the pleasure of giving @ect-uk.bsky.social a tour of the site.
Back home after a fantastic #EGU26. Final day was a highlight for @livunisoes.bsky.social and all things GHGs: after my presentation on mountain lakes we had some excellent talks and posters by @laurabaugh94.bsky.social, @peatblogger.bsky.social and Junyue Zhou
Another beautiful day, including a quick swim and some exploring- onward to Borneo tomorrow!
Measuring terrestrial and ditch GHG fluxes from peatland sites in Telacogon today. Started off drizzly, but quickly improved
Feeling very privileged to be doing fieldwork in Mindanao, Philippines- again! One of the most beautiful locations in the world in my opinion. We are measuring GHG flutes and concentrations from soils and drainage canals in peatlands under various management regimes.
Gaps in the global network of precipitation monitoring stations are hindering efforts to assess climate change impacts on freshwater resources and to predict future pressures such as droughts and floods, according to new study in Nature. @bolincentre.bsky.social www.su.se/english/news...
A surprisingly wintry day on the Migneint blanket bog. Three rewetted/restored sites visited for GHG flux measurements with @laurabaugh94.bsky.social and @peatblogger.bsky.social.
Brits talk about 'pushing up the daisies' when we end our days but did you know that in Polish, it's 'smelling the flowers from underneath'! This #FreeWillsMonth, we encourage you to consider what you can leave to loved ones, including a future for our wildflowers in the years ahead.
Excited to be attending this technical workshop in Putrajaya, developing a toolkit for estimating C stocks and GHG emissions from ASEAN region peatlands 😀
1/2 On the 23-24/02, YPP will be hosting a Sphagnum planting day at Castle Bolton. We are looking for local volunteers who might be interested in joining for the day - no previous experience required, just an enthusiasm to play a hands-on role in peatland restoration and climate action!
A cold day on a rewetted Welsh blanket bog with @laurabaugh94.bsky.social and @peatblogger.bsky.social, but great to get our GHG sampling underway for our @water4all-eu.bsky.social project ECO-WADE.
