Last call on this peaty special issue hosted by Sarah Cook, @tksilver.bsky.social and me. Ignore the below - deadline is 21 Aug.

Mike Peacock@peatymike.bsky.social · 9mo ago

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...

Since launching 'Suivre la couleur des milieux humides au Québec' in May '26 we've already received 525 photos from citizen scientists across our first 9 sites! Not only is this a fun project to help understand seasonal change in wetlands, but it helps raise awareness of these important ecosystems!

Not to be outdone, Tracking the Colour of Peatlands (#PeatColours) is now in its third year. We've had over 1000 photos so far this year. I love seeing people engage with peatlands, sharing their photos and helping us understand their dynamics through the dataset that is being produced!

Since launching 'Suivre la couleur des milieux humides au Québec' in May '26 we've already received 525 photos from citizen scientists across our first 9 sites! Not only is this a fun project to help understand seasonal change in wetlands, but it helps raise awareness of these important ecosystems!

Left the peatlands behind this week and got to work in this beautiful freshwater marsh! My new masters student Maya will be measuring GHG fluxes using our new stackable chambers as part of the CARBONIQUE project Lots of fieldwork this summer (which always bring a little stress) but a lot of fun!

Attention #ECR 📣 Two weeks left to apply for this season’s #PeatNeeds funding!💰 #peatlands #wetlands #studentlife #phdlife

Peatland ECR Action Team@peatlandecr.bsky.social · last mo.

📣 #PeatNeeds is back for July/August 2026! Microfunding of 125 CAD$ for one #ECR working on a wet-/peatland project. Global, no age limit. Apply by July 31; notifications by Aug 31. Previous #PEATNeeds awardees aren’t eligible. Apply ⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #PeatNeeds #PeatECR #Peatlands

Another productive week in the field doing carbon inventories and collecting peat cores (led by C Paleo lab) while my new PhD student Renaud and I got to grips with some new field spectroscopy equipment for his project. Still feel very lucky to be able to work in these beautiful landscapes

Check out our new paper on how land use affects water quality in lowland peatlands. Here, we go beyond C, N and P - we measured all sorts of anions and cations and heavy metals.

Teresa Silverthorn@tksilver.bsky.social · last mo.

I’m excited to share our @globalchangebio.bsky.social article about water quality in UK lowland peatlands! dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

And a 2nd paper, also led by @tksilver.bsky.social, published today in @jgrbiogeo.bsky.social, where we analysed lowland peat cores for chemistry via XRF. Heavy metals in sites near industrial centres, and more P in cores from agricultural sites. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Pollution Legacy and Land Use Influence Peat Chemistry in Temperate Lowland Peatlands

Drained grassland sites had lower organic matter content compared to semi-natural sites Peatland cores near historic industrial centers had metal enrichment Agricultural land use was also linked...

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Mike Peacock@peatymike.bsky.social · last mo.

Check out our new paper on how land use affects water quality in lowland peatlands. Here, we go beyond C, N and P - we measured all sorts of anions and cations and heavy metals.

One month left to apply for the summer round it @peatlandecr.bsky.social 2026 #PeatNeeds micro grants. It's a really easy application process, so go check it out if you are in need of a small financial boost as summer fieldwork kicks off.

Peatland ECR Action Team@peatlandecr.bsky.social · last mo.

📣 #PeatNeeds is back for July/August 2026! Microfunding of 125 CAD$ for one #ECR working on a wet-/peatland project. Global, no age limit. Apply by July 31; notifications by Aug 31. Previous #PEATNeeds awardees aren’t eligible. Apply ⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #PeatNeeds #PeatECR #Peatlands

Tropical #peatlands are ancient and diverse ecosystems. Vast watery peat #swamps dominated by tall palms and hardwood trees, coastal peat-forming #mangroves and marshes, and mountain Sphagnum bogs. 📢My new post on Peatpedia introduces these tropical wetlands. open.substack.com/pub/peatpedi...

📢 We’re excited to launch: Suivre la couleur des milieux humides au Québec (Tracking the Colour of Wetlands in Quebec) as part of the CARCLIQUE Research Chair. Building on Tracking the Colour of Peatlands, the network now includes a wider range of Quebec wetlands.

📢 Lancement du projet « Suivre la couleur des milieux humides au Québec » dans le cadre de la Chaire CARCLIQUE! Inspiré de Tracking the Colour of Peatlands, ce réseau suit désormais une diversité de milieux humides à travers le Québec.

📢 We’re excited to launch: Suivre la couleur des milieux humides au Québec (Tracking the Colour of Wetlands in Quebec) as part of the CARCLIQUE Research Chair. Building on Tracking the Colour of Peatlands, the network now includes a wider range of Quebec wetlands.

📢 Lancement du projet « Suivre la couleur des milieux humides au Québec » dans le cadre de la Chaire CARCLIQUE! Inspiré de Tracking the Colour of Peatlands, ce réseau suit désormais une diversité de milieux humides à travers le Québec.

Our latest work on #methane emissions from ditches and canals draining tropical #peatlands is now online and open access at Limnology & Oceanography Letters! aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Methane emissions from canals draining tropical peatlands: Constraining temporal variability and emissions pathways

Drainage canals are potential hotspots of methane (CH4) emissions from degraded peatlands in Southeast Asia. Estimates of CH4 emissions from these canals remain scarce, and both the temporal variabil...

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Excellent few weeks setting up more peatland and swamp sites for my new PhD student and incoming postdoc. Rained off today (with a tornado! warning!) Big shout out to the team!

I'm looking for a post-doc to work on the interaction between past hydrological changes and vegetation in a disturbed peatland, using paleoecological and modelling approaches. The post-doc duration is 18 months and start date is any time before Jan 2027. DM if you are interested / have questions! 🌿🧪

Calling all peaty people. Still time to submit to our special issue on peatlands. Details below. Free free to DM/email me if you want to ask any questions.

Mike Peacock@peatymike.bsky.social · 9mo ago

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...

That exciting moment when you first put (metaphorical) pen to paper and start writing a new manuscript. This one is all about the Swedish mountain lake sampling I did a few years back, also featuring @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com

Might be quite grizzly for some - but a pretty fascinating video from one of our field sites of a HUGE snapping turtle eating a beaver (QC, Canada)

Excited to start expanding our peatland phenology work with our new toy = A ChromoMapper from PyrOptik (an affordable hyperspectral imaging system: 400 - 950nm) Can’t wait to take it for a spin out on our sites.

Happy World Peatlands Day ! Another opportunity to promote the #PeatColours project. It’s been such a brilliant way to engage with the public on the importance of these beautiful landscapes peatcolours.github.io/tracking.html #worldpeatlandsday

@cgu-ugc.bsky.social meeting in Halifax with session on EDI: “community” vs “citizen” science and defining expertise @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com

Pleased to see this out: 'Assessing the Response of Blanket Peatlands to Climate Change Using the DigiBog Model and Winter's Concept of the “Hydrologic Landscape”'. Available open access here: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Assessing the Response of Blanket Peatlands to Climate Change Using the DigiBog Model and Winter's Concept of the “Hydrologic Landscape”

Simulations of a blanket peatland continue accumulating carbon until 2100 under all climate scenarios Topographic wetness correlates with peat thickness but does not fully explain accumulation pa...

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Proud to co-lead the CARCLIQUE Quebec Research Chair with Michelle Garneau, advancing research on wetlands, carbon & nature-based climate solutions. Huge thanks to our MELCCFP partners and Léonie, our research coordinator! Photos from last Thursday’s launch! carclique.uqam.ca

Proud to co-lead the CARCLIQUE Quebec Research Chair with Michelle Garneau, advancing research on wetlands, carbon & nature-based climate solutions. Huge thanks to our MELCCFP partners and Léonie, our research coordinator! Photos from last Thursday’s launch! carclique.uqam.ca

The last few weeks have been a tour of southern Quebec’s beautiful boardwalks and wetlands

It’s great to have my PhD student @eduley.bsky.social visiting me from the UK this week! Even better is she gave an excellent talk on her projects this afternoon at our midi-aquatique seminar series @biologieuqam.bsky.social

2 more sites (bog and a fen) instrumented for our new project yesterday!