Delighted to have been named Undergraduate Academic Representative of the Year (what a mouthful!) @uofstirling-bes.bsky.social has been a most supportive department to do all of this work with. I can only recommend involving yourself in academic rep work if you’re just starting your degree!

📣 Fully-funded PhD position at INRAE, within the Eco&Sols unit in Montpellier, France: General principles of detritivore faeces production in temperate ecosystems 📄Full description --> www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/fr028... Please get in touch to apply, or share in your network!

What's the Point Two 2026 'Lime Finishes in a Changing Climate', York on the 14th of April, the LFG collaboration with Historic England, all the in person tickets are sold out & there 7 online places left. If you are planning on joining us do please get a wiggle on and book now. lnkd.in/eYhFa2Ny

The £2m MOT4Rivers research project is investigating how pollutants interact with rivers & ecosystems to devise a system to monitor & measure pollution. Prof Andrew Tyler, University Stirling, will share their progress in a webinar, Thurs 12 Feb, 2pm. Email to join freshwater@leeds.ac.uk

New research into Himalayan balsam from @stir.ac.uk @newcastleuni.bsky.social @forthriverstrust.bsky.social and @teesriverstrust.bsky.social is invaluable to local authorities, conservationists and river managers. #rivers #biodiversity #nature #habitat environmentjournal.online/climate-chan...

River managers need to understand the real impact of Himalayan balsam

New research into the long-term, year-round impact of the invasive species could be vital to conservation organisations, local authorities and regulators. Conducted over the three years by the Univers...

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Fast-growing trees are set to dominate the #forests of the #future — but at a cost🌳 Our Nature Plants (@natplants.nature.com) study shows a global shift toward "sprinter" tree species, while slow-growing, functionally critical #trees face elevated #extinction risk. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Global functional shifts in trees driven by alien naturalization and native extinction - Nature Plants

This study finds that native tree extinctions and alien naturalizations are pushing forests towards fast-growing, resource-demanding species. This global shift could affect carbon storage and ecosyste...

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Calling Upper Forth farmers & land managers! Don't miss your chance to join the Upper Forth network - let us know your views about the issues that matter to you, share knowledge + expertise, + benefit from site visits, webinars, advice + more. Head to www.upperforthnetwork.org for further details.

The University of #Stirling is excited to be hosting #SNSC2026 😀 The registration deadline for attendance, posters and talks is Wednesday 11th February - can't wait to see you all there! 🏞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦫🐜🦌🌿

Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2026@scotnsconf.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Exciting News - Registration has opened for Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2026. Join us at the University of Stirling on 3rd and 4th March. #SNSC2026 For more information go to: scotnsconference.wixsite.com/2026

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...

Belem call to action for congo basin forests announced $2.5 billion in funding to protect central Africa’s tropical forests between now and 2030. Brokered by the the Congo Basin Forest Partnership. Funding from World Bank, Germany, Norway, Global Environment Facility, African Dev. Bank and others.

New paper alert! - In very nice new study led Michael Muir, we present a simple technique for citizen science (and beyond) use to quantify DOC in mugs of water with nothing but a smart phone camera! Fully open access. doi.org/10.1039/D5AN...

What to know more about radiocarbon or chronological modelling? Our 2026 short course is now open for registration. 17th - 19th March in Oxford/online. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor...

Short Course in Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Chronological Analysis

Developed by the NERC Radiocarbon Facility, this course is aimed at researchers using radiocarbon and other techniques, including Quaternary geologists, palaeobiologists, archaeologists and marine geo...

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🌿 PhD Opportunity: Healing and Harm 🌍 How do invasive species & climate change impact medicinal plants? What does that mean for conservation in one of South Africa’s most biodiverse regions? 👇 More info below

PhD on carbon and greenhouse gas fluxes in ditches. Supervised by @aquaticcarbon.bsky.social at Uni Glasgow with @peatymike.bsky.social, Amy Pickard (@ukceh.bsky.social ) and me. Get in touch if interested and circulate to potential candidates! 🧪 #GreenhouseGases share.google/lvswIyC9TYg5...

The role of ditches in the global carbon cycle: A critical & unrecognised player.

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We are looking for a postdoc to help us develop a novel #Peatland Triage Tool as part of the RESPECT project (gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref...). More details in the advert below. Vacancy details | University of Stirling share.google/t3mKgh2EZAmr... 🧪 #PeatSky #Postdoc #AcedemicJobs

Amazing PhD opportunity at the University of Stirling! Don't miss this chance. Amazing supervisors (Arthur Broadbent and @jasubke.bsky.social ) and a strong collaboration team including Lindsay Newbold, @annekempel.bsky.social and myself :) iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

New outreach video from our work on pyrogenic carbon in tropical savannahs. timeforgeography.co.uk/videos-conta...

Video: Do wildfires play a role in the long-term carbon cycle?

Time for Geography brings together the geography and geoscience community to develop award-winning, open-access educational videos, inspiring more students to take the subject further in their edu...

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If you’re a ECR and are keen to be part of the peatlands and wetlands community in the UK (and beyond!) - please think about joining our committee and helping us grow! We have momentum now but we need it to continue!

BES - Peatlands and Wetlands group@bes-peatlandsgroup.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Interested in #wetlands and #peatlands? Want to be part of a growing network to help promote these ecosystems? We are looking for new ECR committee members Email for more information (in link below): www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/peat... @britishecologicalsociety.org

Survey to better understand public perceptions of freshwater fish and the sustainability of aquaculture. We would like to hear particularly from people not connected to the aquaculture sector. Available in multiple languages (🇬🇧🇫🇮🇵🇱🇸🇪🇵🇹🇪🇸). Please share! www.susaquastirling.net/safe-consume...

1/3 The new Global Methane Budget is now published, open access. essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...

⚒️ Article: Soils may release more CO2 under warming when increases in plant productivity mine nitrogen from soil organic matter www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Join us in London for an exciting workshop looking at #peatland resilience More information in the link below. Any questions just reach out.

BES - Peatlands and Wetlands group@bes-peatlandsgroup.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us for a workshop: #Peatland Resilience Under a Changing Climate: Place, Policy and Practice! 🗓️: May 6 2025 10:00-17:00 📍: @britishecologicalsociety.org HQ in London 💻: online attendance available More details and tickets here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/peat... Please RT!

Nearly forgot the Stirling Orchestra concert tonight. Programme of Nordic composers, and they were very good So glad I remembered!

Have you contributed to the public consultation on how biodiversity quantification could be applied in #NatureMarkets under the #WoodlandCarbonCode and #PeatlandCode? Today (11.00 pm) is the last opportunity to add your thoughts bit.ly/40DlYyy

I just learned about the Congo Basin Science Initiative to increase research capacity in the Congo Basin. They're recruiting students from Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon or Republic of the Congo for a bunch of relevant graduate studies scholarships and projects! 🧪🌍

List of projects | Congo Basin Science Initiative

Explore a full list of CBSI Scholarship projects, across different institutons and countries in the Congo Basin region.

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🚨 New competitively funded PhD opportunity! 🚨 Applications are open for a 3 year funded PhD on indoor air quality, behaviour change and health. 🔬 Find out more here: www.stir.ac.uk/research/res... #airquality #airpollution #behaviourchange

Panoramic view from Beinn Eich today.

Check out our website for details of upcoming online and in person #Peatland #Events for the month of January, from #Workshops and #Webinars to #LiveScreenings 👉 bit.ly/3BLJHmB

Did you know? Just before Christmas, we launched a new module in the 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆: freshwaterblog.net/2024/12/18/m...

MERLIN Academy launches free course on freshwater restoration

The EU MERLIN project has today launched a new, open-access learning module on implementing freshwater restoration. Across 62 lessons, the module – hosted on the MERLIN Academy – guides visitors th…

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