Graeme T. Swindles
@graemetswindles.bsky.social
Professor of Physical Geography |Earth System Science |Ecology |Biogeochemistry |Climate Change |Peatlands |Concerned about the future of our planet |Musician and Songwriter |My Views
Our first articles are live in Critical Insights in Climate Change! www.tandfonline.com/journals/tcl...
Critical Insights in Climate Change
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New paper out today #peatlands #climate #hydrology journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Climate and water-table levels regulate peat accumulation rates across Europe
Background Peatlands are globally-important carbon sinks at risk of degradation from climate change and direct human impacts, including drainage and burning. Peat accumulates when there is a positive ...
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"Toxic heavy metals stored in peatlands in the UK could cause health risks to humans, animals and agriculture if ecosystems are not cared for." Read this piece featuring new science from our researcher @graemetswindles.bsky.social & team ⬇️ 🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Toxic metals found in UK peatlands could pose health risk
Wildfires and climate change could see decades' worth of pollutants released into the water courses.
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New project. Looking forward to leading the ecosystem impact part of this. www.seupb.eu/latest/news/...
€6.5m of PEACEPLUS funding awarded to improve air quality across the island of Ireland
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Great photos of the whole team in the lab (thanks to Louise Cullen for taking the photo)!
Our new paper shows peat initiating since 1949 C.E. in a rapidly warming and deglaciating valley in Aotearoa/New Zealand. An amazing montane site, with implications for peatland dynamics at high elevations and latitudes under anthropogenic climate change. Open access here: doi.org/10.1029/2024...
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Fully funded PhD opportunity Ecohydrological response of tropical peatlands to climate change and human impacts (QUADRAT DTP: Ecohydrological response of tropical peatlands to climate change and human impacts at Queen’s University Belfast on findaphd.com)
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