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The MagiK Garden @themagikgarden.com · 5d

Meadowview Biological Research is in need of donations to meet their 13.7K payment in a month. Plus you can buy really cool bog plants or just a big bag of live sphagnum moss.

Don't let this wetland fall in the hands of those who would quite literally "drain the swamp."

Meadowview Biological Research Station | Preserving and Restoring Pitcher Plant Bogs

Meadowview is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to preserving and restoring rare wetland plants, habitats and associated ecosystems on the coastal plain of Maryland and Virginia. Our parti...

pitcherplant.org

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Peatland ECR Action Team @peatlandecr.bsky.social · Sep 12

🚨📸 About 2 weeks left to send in your best #wildlife in a #peatland shot and publish in the 2026 edition of #PeatCalendar

Email to: [email protected]

Deadline: 30 September

Promotional poster for the “2026 PEAT Calendar” by the Peatland ECR Action Team. The calendar theme is “Wildlife.” The poster announces that photo submissions are open until September 30, 2025. The background features a scenic photo of a wooden boardwalk leading through a peatland toward snow-capped mountains under a colorful sunset sky. Photo credit: Justinas Sakas.

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Filiz Polat 🌈💚☮️🦔 @filiz-polat.de · Aug 28

Die Erlaubnis, Gas vor #Borkum zu fördern, ist ein Schlag ins Gesicht der Borkumer*innen, die sich für den Schutz der Insel einsetzen. Und es ist eine grobe Missachtung des gesetzlichen Auftrags, den #Klimaschutz zu stärken und unser Land enkeltauglich zu machen.

www.filiz-polat.de/presse/meldu...

Grüne kritisieren Entscheidung der Bundesregierung scharf

Gestern (27. August 2025) hat die Bundesregierung ein Abkommen mit den Niederlanden unterzeichnet, das einen weiteren Baustein bei der Erschließung eines grenzüberschreitenden Gasfelds in der Nordsee ...

www.filiz-polat.de

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Peatland ECR Action Team @peatlandecr.bsky.social · Aug 24

⚠️ Monthly reminder for the upcoming Photo contest deadline on September 30th.

Have your best shot of#wildlife in #peatlands and other #wetlands featured in the next edition of #PeatCalendar2026
🐻🦊🐸🕷️🦟🐜🦦🦫🦧🐃🦋🫎🦆

ℹ️ peatecr.com/contact-us2/...

✉️ [email protected]

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Nicolas Mainville @carbonick.bsky.social · Aug 19

Only 28 countries have so far submitted #carbon-cutting proposals to the UN, with some of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases – including China and the EU – still to produce their plans. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Brazil issues last-ditch plea for countries to submit climate plans ahead of Cop30

Only 28 countries have submitted carbon-cutting proposals to the UN, with some of the biggest emitters yet to produce plans

www.theguardian.com

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · Aug 8

#TansleyReview: The effects of #drought on #Sphagnum #moss species and the implications for hydrology in #peatlands

Keane et al. 👇

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#LatestIssue

The global and local distribution of Sphagnum and a detailed desciption of its anatomy.

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Meike Lemmer @meikelemmer.bsky.social · Aug 5

I’m very sorry to tell you ladies that this article is yelling you BS.
#Sphagnum moss is not different from #peat moss! It’s exactly that.

#peatlands
#makePeatlandsGreatAgain

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Peatland ECR Action Team @peatlandecr.bsky.social · Jul 29

PeatECR Bio Series #1 - just in time to introduce our first featured bio in for July 2025 💚
Today we introduce Leeza Speranskaya, a recent MSc graduate, focusing on evaporation dynamics in restiad peat bogs. Connect with Leeza here:
www.linkedin.com/in/leeza-spe...
#PeatECRBioSeries

Leeza Speranskaya is a Masters graduate from the University of Waikato, now working as an environmental scientist at a consultancy. She is a self-proclaimed data cruncher but enjoys the occasional bush-bash, both of which she got to experience during her Masters! Leeza’s Masters research focussed on Kopuatai bog, a unique peatland ecosystem located near Paeroa, New Zealand. Kopuatai is dominated by a plant called Empodisma robustum, a wire rush that has allowed this peatland to form due to its high water retention abilities. Specifically, this plant conserves water through restricted transpiration and its dense standing litter. Leeza’s research had two components - (a) analysing over 10 years of evaporation data (i.e., data crunching) which was diligently collected by her supervisor Dave Campbell via the eddy covariance method, and (b) measuring interception loss by collecting rainwater from under the dense E. robustum structure (i.e., bush-bashing). The 10-year evaporation dataset was compared to that of Mer Bleue, Canada, in collaboration with key researchers Peter Lafleur and Elyn Humphreys, to determine the impact of their differing vegetation types on evaporation. This research was able to confirm that E. robustum does in fact have higher water retention capabilities than the Sphagnum mosses found at Mer Bleue during dry canopy conditions, while wet canopy conditions allowed for higher evaporation due to interception loss. An analysis of evaporation patterns with increasing vapour pressure deficit (VPD) at Kopuatai and Mer Bleue indicated that E. robustum is able to restrict evaporation at high VPD, which may allow it to be more resistant to climatic warming and drying compared to ecosystems like Mer Bleue.

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Meike Lemmer @meikelemmer.bsky.social · Jul 21

Agreed!! 😍

iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · Jul 20

The longer you look at moss, the more incredible it gets. Here's a closer look at Slender Cruet-moss (Tetraplodon mnioides).

📷 marceau_c on iNaturalist
📍 Austria
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay

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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · Jul 20

The longer you look at moss, the more incredible it gets. Here's a closer look at Slender Cruet-moss (Tetraplodon mnioides).

📷 marceau_c on iNaturalist
📍 Austria
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay

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NEYEDC @teamneyedc.bsky.social · Jul 16

Our final #MapOfTheMonth is now online! This time we're featuring a map created by bryophyte recorder Steven Heathcote, showing sphagnum species richness at Askham Bog, York: www.neyedc.org.uk/updates-insi...

Steve was accompanied on the survey by one of our Ecological Data Officers, Hannah! 🔎

Map of the Month - July 2025 — neyedc

July’s Map of the Month shows species richness of Sphagnum at Askham Bog, York!

www.neyedc.org.uk

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Meike Lemmer @meikelemmer.bsky.social · Jul 6

Great piece on climate doomerism. I am somewhat missing the realism in it. You look at the two extremes in the story, but leave out the vast majority of realists that do/believe/spread/act on the existing science for more than half a century and yet the curve is rising more steeply than ever 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Dr. Jessica Richardson @definearth.bsky.social · Jul 5

🧪 At one point in earth's history, warm air temperatures, high humidity, and high CO2 stimulated photosynthesis. Land was covered with dense, lush vegetation🌿. But a new study shows that while marsh CO2 uptake will ⬆️ with atm. CO2, so too will emissions of CH4. peatmail.substack.com/p/jurassic-m...

Jurassic Marsh: How More Carbon Could Explode Plant Growth

"'God creates dinosaurs, God destroys dinosaurs. God creates Man, man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs.' 'Dinosaurs eat man...Woman inherits the earth.'" Drs. Malcolm and Sattler, Jurassic Park.

peatmail.substack.com

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Meike Lemmer @meikelemmer.bsky.social · Jul 5

🥺🙏 Das tut mir so Leid für dich! Die stetige Eco-anxiety verbraucht bereits enorme Energie, und bei Dir kommt der Kampf gegen solche Windmühlen auch noch dazu. Bitte mach weiter! Deine Posts sind so gut, wir brauchen deine klaren Worte! Ich hoffe es hilft dir zu teilen 🦋🫶
#SharingIsCaring

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Meike Lemmer @meikelemmer.bsky.social · Jul 5

A game I recommend for relaxing is “AER - memories of old” youtu.be/ldJr6nUDqAs?...
Beautiful soundtrack, flying like a bird between isles in the sky, following the spirit world 🪶

AER Memories of Old - Release Trailer

YouTube video by Daedalic Entertainment

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Meike Lemmer @meikelemmer.bsky.social · Jul 4

Why they’re important:
• Chironomids are key indicators of water quality.
• They play a vital role in the aquatic food chain, serving as food for fish and amphibians.
• Their tubes help stabilize sediment and recycle nutrients.

Meike Lemmer @meikelemmer.bsky.social · Jul 4

• Clustered formations: Often densely packed, as in your photo.
• Aquatic environment: Found in wet, peaty, or muddy areas with high organic content.

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Meike Lemmer @meikelemmer.bsky.social · Jul 4

These larvae (often called non-biting midges) are very common in wetland environments, including peatlands, bogs, and marshes.
Here’s how you can recognize them:
• Tube-like structures: Made from sediment, detritus, and sometimes silk secreted by the larvae.

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Meike Lemmer @meikelemmer.bsky.social · Jul 4

I was intrigued by your photo and thought about the worms in wadden sea. However they make different tubes and eventually I asked AI about it 😬 here is what it said:

The small tubes in the peat of a peatland are most likely made by Chironomid midge larvae tubes.

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Peatland ECR Action Team @peatlandecr.bsky.social · Jul 3

🚨Little reminder for all #PeatECR #photographers to send in your best shots of #wildlife in #wetlands and #peatlands.

🏆 Receive fame and appreciation while we feature your photos in our next edition of the #PeatCalendar.

✉️ [email protected]
📸 Deadline for submission September 30, 2025

ALT text: Announcement graphic for the “2026 PEAT Calendar” with the theme “Wildlife.” Photo submissions are open until September 30, 2025. The background shows a boardwalk through a peatland at sunset with mountains in the distance. Photo by Justinas Sakas.

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Meike Lemmer @meikelemmer.bsky.social · Jul 3

Woohooooo!!! Way to go!!! So excited for you!!! 🥳🤞🍀

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · Jul 2

New paper out today led by Ben Keane on Sphagnum recovery from drought.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Recovery of Sphagnum from drought is controlled by species-specific moisture thresholds - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Recovery of Sphagnum from drought is controlled by species-specific moisture thresholds

www.nature.com

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Matthias Schreiber @schreiberepe.bsky.social · Jun 30

"Man muss ... so ehrlich sein, dass auch andere Zukunftspolitik bezüglich Schulden, Renten oder sogar innerer & äußerer Sicherheit auf eine Art unrealistisch ist, weil sie auf der falschen Prämisse beruht, die aktuelle Reststabilität klimatischer Verhältnisse ließe sich in die Zukunft hochrechnen."

Klimapolitik: Es reicht nicht, wenn nur die Grünen grün sind

Die Spitze der grünen Bundestagsfraktion geht mit einem fetzigen Strategiepapier in Klausur. Das zeigt leider auch, dass die Partei das Klimathema wieder monopolisiert.

www.zeit.de

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Akrotelm 🌾 @akrotelm.bsky.social · Jun 30

Die #Ostsee stirbt. ☠️
Die Ursachen: zu intensive Nutzung, Altlasten, vor allem aber viel zuviel Eintrag von Nährstoffen aus der #Landwirtschaft 🚜.
Es muss schnell gehandelt werden.
👉 Aber getan wird trotzdem lieber erstmal nix, denn es könnte ja wer verärgert über mögliche Einschränkungen sein.

Ostsee: Streit um den Meeresschutz

Dass die Ostsee besser geschützt werden muss, darüber sind sich alle einig. Die Landesregierung wollte einen Nationalpark, aber die Bürger waren dagegen.

www.deutschlandfunk.de

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