How do we speed up tundra recovery after sand extraction? My MSc student Jacob Ledoux-Deguire is testing the Rough & Loose approach and local organic debris to help native plants return This borrow pit (Puvirnituq) was restored just 3 years ago. 🌱 Not bad! #Restoration #Nunavik #ArcticEcology

Hey field ecologists 👋 What are you using to ID your plots for short-term studies? I’ve tried spray paint, flagging tape, thin metal tags, but none of it really lasts more than 1-2 yrs, and it leave a bit of a mess behind. I always clean up, but it still doesn’t feel ideal #peatecr #peatsky

Start of fieldwork season! Some days feel like paradise with easy access and nice boardwalks… and other days you end up covered in peat. But that’s the beauty of working in peatlands 😄 Hope we didn’t scare off the first-year field assistant…! #peatsky #peatecr #peatlands #restoration

One of the things that makes me love my job so much is how it brings together two passions: gardening and mosses 🌿 Here, we’re testing key factors under controlled conditions to enhance the growth of moss‑ and cyanobacteria #biocrusts, for the #restoration of coarse mineral substrates in Nunavik

I feel truly privileged to have had, and to continue to have, Line Rochefort as my mentor throughout my graduate studies and early career as a professor and researcher!

Peatland Ecology Research Group (PERG)@gret-perg.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Celebrating Line Rochefort, named to the 2026 Women Changemakers in the World of Wetlands At 16, she taught herself botany after being excluded from science camps for boys only. Today, she’s a global pioneer in #peatland #restoration and continues to champion women in science. shorturl.at/n67Nb

🎉 On February 18, 2026, 105 participants gathered at Université Laval for the Peatland Science Symposium, co‑organized by PERG and Can‑Peat under the leadership of Line Rochefort and Maria Strack. 🏆 Congratulations to all the students who received awards! 💡 Abstract booklet: url-shortener.me/F8KC

🌿New paper out — and this time, not in peatlands! 🌿 Our study in the Can. J. Microbiology explores microbial succession under #biocrusts in abandoned and rehabilitated mine tailings in the boreal forest 🔑 takeaway: bacterial communities are strong indicators of ecological recovery h1.nu/1peN4

#WorldWetlandsDay 🌿💧 To protect and restore these vital ecosystems, we need stronger wetland science education. Understanding how wetlands function, from peatlands to marshes, is essential for training the next generation to safeguard biodiversity, water quality, and climate resilience.

🌿 New paper out! Congrats to PERG PhD student Laura Catalina Riaño Peña on publishing the first article of her thesis, comparing vegetation and environmental conditions of restored pools with natural ones. 🔗 Article: url-shortener.me/A29K 🔗 Open data on Borealis: url-shortener.me/A29L

Thrilled to be nominated! Congrats to Gwendal Breton, PhD student, for leading an outstanding study applying the Ecological Quality Assessment (EQA) framework to evaluate peatland restoration success across 147 restored sectors compared to 227 reference sites. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/rec....

Long‐term assessment of the Moss Layer Transfer Technique for the restoration of Sphagnum‐dominated peatlands

The Moss Layer Transfer Technique (MLTT) accelerates vegetation succession in restored peatlands. In Eastern Canada, MLTT effectively steers succession toward bog reference conditions and was particu....

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Mike Waddington 🇨🇦@peatofmind.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The McMaster Ecohydrology Lab presents the 2025 #NobelPeatPrize nominees! We encourage the #peatland community to give each of these wonderful papers a read. The winner will be announced on December 11th. #PeatPaper

Proud moment here, I started to work on this data during my PhD in 2016 and now almost 10 years later, this paper is published.

Peatland Ecology Research Group (PERG)@gret-perg.bsky.social · 11mo ago

✨ New open-access publication! ✨ This study sets a benchmark for defining reference ecosystems in Sphagnum-dominated #peatlands of Eastern Canada, analyzing 168 peatlands to describe #bryophyte habitats. 🔗 Read the article: shorturl.at/8VND2 📂 Access the dataset: shorturl.at/H4vG8

The Peatland Breakthrough - that's the Global Call to Unlock the Power of Peatlands for Climate, Nature and People at #COP30 in Brazil 💚 Mo 17th November 2025, 18:30—20:00 (GMT-3) 💚 Side Event Room 1, Blue Zone, UNFCCC COP30, Belém Brazil Participate in person or via lifestream!

I think (hope) this marks the end of my field season! And what a beautiful way to wrap it up, at a #peatland restored in 2023, with a lush carpet of Sphagnum mosses 🌿 Also, yes, that’s a bread knife in my hand. If you’ve ever sampled peat or moss in the field, you know it’s an essential tool 😉🔪

So permafrost peatlands burn and they release lots of CO2 through combustion - but that's just the start. Christopher Schulze shows in a new GRL study that slow recovery causes continued CO2 losses in the following decade - overall similar in magnitude to the combustion! doi.org/10.1029/2025...

🌿 New PERG publication in #RestorationEcology We tracked 147 restored #peatland sectors over 20 years to assess the Moss Layer Transfer Technique #MLTT. ➡️ Up to 80% success in under 10 years in the St. Lawrence Lowlands region 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PeatSky #PeatECR

📢 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...

So, what is peat exactly?

A brief introduction to peat soils, peat fossils, and moss piglets

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Lorna Harris, PhD@lornaharris.bsky.social · last yr.

#ClimateWeekNYC is coming up! Then #COP30. We will hear more about the need for low-carbon technologies to reduce emissions and reach net-zero. But these technologies cannot come at the expense of carbon-rich #peatlands. I explain why in my new blog- Peatpedia! open.substack.com/pub/peatpedi...

Back from 10 days in the #Nunavik #tundra 🌬️🌿 Studying dust deposition impacts on microbial #biocrusts with my MSc student Ariane Fortin, and testing Rough & Loose #restoration on a mined esker 💥🌱

Biological soil crust sampling with a view in Nunavik Do not judge my field cooler #corona 🍺 #biocrust #tundra

🎓 Tons of grad school options… but this one stands out! Why do your master’s with me? 🌱 Help restore disturbed #peatlands 🌿 Join PERG, global leader in peatland science 🤝 Vibrant team (20+), weekly meetups, great vibes ➡️ shorturl.at/BgIPE #PeatSky #PeatECR

🛠️ Cool tool alert! Past PhD student Sebastián Gutierrez Pacheco built a method to estimate daily water table levels from sparse data — using PERG data 🌿 💸 Super handy when you can’t afford fancy loggers in every well! github.com/segupa03/gro... #hydrology #peatlands #opensource #python

GitHub - segupa03/groundwater-daily-estimation-tsd: A Python package for estimating daily groundwater levels using TSD methodology

A Python package for estimating daily groundwater levels using TSD methodology - segupa03/groundwater-daily-estimation-tsd

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COP15 of the Ramsar Convention starts today. Here in Canada we have the privilege of being home to a quarter of the world's remaining wetlands. Let's not forget what a treasure they are. theconversation.com/canadian-wet...

Canadian wetlands are treasures that deserve protection

Canada is home to a quarter of the world’s remaining wetlands. Despite decades of efforts, wetlands continue to be under threat around the world.

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"The present situation is a clear, unequivocal example of linguistic injustice All the costs of having a common language in science are borne by non-native English-speaking scientists, implying unfair cooperation in obtaining a common good (i.e. a common language)" @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social

Ever wondered how functional traits of common peatland plants vary among sites? We got you - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... This was a fun group project with @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com and many grad students and post-docs.

Intraspecific trait variability in four geographically widespread peatland plant species in Canada

Plant traits directly influence ecosystem carbon exchange through photosynthesis and respiration, and indirectly control nutrient cycling through stru…

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Les tourbières, alliées insoupçonnées contre la crise climatique Un article de Radio-Canada basé sur une visite de terrain avec Michelle Garneau, Gabriel Magnan, Scott J. Davidson et des étudiants et stagiaires du laboratoire C-Paleo au début du mois de juin. ici.radio-canada.ca/recit-numeri...

Les tourbières, des alliées contre la crise climatique

Des spécialistes de ces puits de carbone veulent aider le gouvernement du Québec à faire des choix éclairés.

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#Canada 😉 writes reply letter to unhinged #Minnesota #Republican representatives to apologize for inconveniencing American vacation plans with #wildfire smoke. Blaming Canadians for smoke while blocking #Epstein files from release is on-brand for the modern #GQP www.startribune.com/tolkkinen-ca...

Tolkkinen: ‘Canada’ writes back to Minnesota’s GOP congressional delegation

Chastised by Minnesota’s Republican U.S. representatives, “our northern neighbor” fires back.

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www.cbc.ca/news/science... Glad to see this topic at the top of CBC News - watching fires burn up the boreal year after year sucks, and it's the peatlands burning that I worry about most

Wildfires send Canada's carbon emissions soaring. And our peatlands emit even more | 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.

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Early results from our cutting-edge PIPES project at Queen's University Belfast featured on BBC Northern Ireland this morning. Toxic metals found in UK peatlands could pose health risk www.bbc.com/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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It is truly amazing what you can find in #peatlands restored with the Moss Layer Transfer Technique. Orchids at every step 🌸🌱