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Fred Worrall @fredworrall.bsky.social · 17d

For a peat to form you don't just need wet conditions you also need stagnant conditions
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Our new study follows the thermodynamic profiles to show how fens and bogs significantly differ in when they become closed. @durhamearthsci.bsky.social

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Gareth Clay @garethclay.bsky.social · Sep 5

You will work with colleagues from all three faculties @manchester.ac.uk and with international partners to help set a long-term direction of collaborative working in this area. For more: shorturl.at/X7Tbr

Deadline 18 Sep 2025

@uomhums.bsky.social @uomscieng.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social

Research Associate - The Pan Africa Mining Study (PAMS) :Oxford Road

The Department of Geography at the University of Manchester is seeking a talented and enthusiastic Research Associate (PDRA) to play a key role in delivering an exciting new investment project that will improve our understanding of the risks to human health from mining activities across Africa.

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Gareth Clay @garethclay.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨JOB ALERT🚨
We’re looking for a #Postdoc to play a key role in a new #interdiscipinary project on the risks to human health from mining activities across Africa.

Full details: shorturl.at/X7Tbr

@uomseed.bsky.social @globaldevinst.bsky.social @sustainableuom.bsky.social

#academicjobs #ECRjobs

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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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Kerryn Little @littlekerryn.bsky.social · Jul 10

Does your research involve fire and shrub fuels? 🔥🌿
Please submit to our special session:
"Shrubland fuels and their fire behaviour modelling challenges"
at the 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, New Orleans!

Abstracts due soon-15th July! afefirecongress.org/special-sess...

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David Olefeldt @olefeldt.bsky.social · Jul 7

I have a fully funded PhD position open for start in Jan or May 2026. Field work in peatlands of the Northwest Territories, with lab work to understand potential downstream mobilization of carbon, nutrients, mercury after thaw or wildfire. Reach out for more information, and please send on!

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fluxsoilsleaves.bsky.social @fluxsoilsleaves.bsky.social · Jul 2

New paper out today: Sphagnum C flux response and recovery to 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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International Journal of Wildland Fire @ijwildlandfire.bsky.social · Jun 13

🔥Call for Papers: Wildland-Urban Interface Fires Special Collection in IJWF!🌳🏠🌳

Share research on fire dynamics, risk modelling, resilience & more. If you have any questions, reach out to the team.

📆 Submit by 31 Dec 2025

More Information: www.publish.csiro.au/wf/content/C...

#FireScience

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Abbey Marcotte @abbeymarcotte.bsky.social · May 8

Excited to share our new paper in Environmental Research: Water!

We studied how wildfires and drought mobilise legacy metal contaminants from peatlands, focusing on the 2018 Stalybridge Moor fire in the UK.

Read it here: iopscience.iop.org/journal/3033...

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Kerryn Little @littlekerryn.bsky.social · Apr 17

New paper linking persistent high pressure systems to extreme fire weather and wildfire activity across Europe:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Persistent positive anomalies in geopotential heights drive enhanced wildfire activity across Europe | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Persistent positive anomalies (PPAs) in 500 hPa geopotential height are upper-air circulation patterns associated with surface heatwaves, drought and fuel aridity. We examined the association between ...

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Gareth Clay @garethclay.bsky.social · Feb 27

It was a pleasure to have you up in Manchester again. Great to hear about all the #communityscience work you're doing - look forward to see #PeatColours develop over the coming years! #PeatSky #peatlands

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Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society @centrewildfires.bsky.social · Feb 10

We have an exciting new PhD opportunity, exploring #environmentaljustice in #firegovernance through arts-based approaches.
Based at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, supervised by Adriana Ford and @eliapos.bsky.social
Apply by 3rd March
#politicalecology
centreforwildfires.org/news/phd-in-...

PhD in Exploring environmental justice in fire governance through arts-based approaches (closing date 3 Mar 2025) - Leverhulme Wildfires Centre

PhD opportunity with the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society at Imperial College London Title: Exploring environmental justice in fire governance through arts-based approaches P...

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JGR: Biogeosciences @jgrbiogeo.bsky.social · Jan 8

🌟Call for Papers: JGR Biogeosciences Special Collection🌟
"Biogeosciences Leaders of Tomorrow"

📅 Deadline: Feb 7, 2025

Nominate early-career & underrepresented biogeoscientists for this special issue spotlighting emerging leaders in the field.

🔗: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences Call for Papers: Biogeosciences Leaders of Tomorrow

<em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences</em> is an AGU journal publishing papers on the biogeosciences of the Earth system and the extension of this research to planetary studies.

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Gareth Clay @garethclay.bsky.social · Nov 19

Polluted Peatland Landscapes: identifying problems and uncovering solutions meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...

@garethclay.bsky.social @mercury-ecohydro.bsky.social

#PeatSky #PeatECR #PeatlandsMatter

Session BG3.25

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Gareth Clay @garethclay.bsky.social · Jan 8

For everyone pulling their #peatland abstracts together this week - don't forget the deadline for #EGU25 is next Wednesday 15th Jan 13:00 CET.

Check out the thread for a list of all the great #peatland sessions

#PeatSky #PeatECR #PeatlandsMatter @eurogeosciences.bsky.social

Gareth Clay @garethclay.bsky.social · Nov 19

Lots of great #peatland sessions at #EGU25. Here’s a breakdown of what’s on…

Remember applications for financial support for travel to #EGU25 need to be submitted by 2 Dec 2024 – details here egu25.eu/guidelines/s...

#PeatSky #PeatECR #PeatlandsMatter @eurogeosciences.bsky.social

EGU25 - Supports & waivers

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Colin McCarter @mercury-ecohydro.bsky.social · Jan 6

Christmas day publication (a first for me!) on how industrial smelters' impact hydrophysical peat properties and the implications for wildfires, restoration, and drought! A great collab with @peatofmind.bsky.social , @gregverkaik.bsky.social , and others!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Hydrophysical Properties of Peat in Undisturbed and Smelter‐Impacted Peatlands: Implications for Moss Recovery, Drought and Wildfire

Compared to undisturbed peat, the legacy of atmospherically deposited toxic metals from mining and smelter activities has altered peat hydrophysical properties rendering them more susceptible to peat...

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Richard Fewster @richard-fewster.bsky.social · Dec 19

BG3.25: Polluted peatland landscapes: identifying problems and uncovering solutions

@garethclay.bsky.social @mercury-ecohydro.bsky.social

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#PeatECR
#PeatSky
#EGU25

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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · Dec 18

🎄CHRISTMAS CRACKER 🎄
The formation of peat—Decreasing density with depth in UK peats
Worrall, Clay, Heckman, Ritson, Evans, & Small
#soil #soilscience #soils @fredworrall.bsky.social @garethclay.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/sum....

The comparison of degree of unsaturation (Ω) and radiocarbon age with the composition of lignin, plant protein and cellulose (…, red dotted lines); the proposed bonding trends (_, thick black lines); the composition of aboveground biomass (■); and the best-fit straight line (---, blue dashed line). The shaded area is standard error on the best-fit straight line.

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Kerryn Little @littlekerryn.bsky.social · Nov 21

PhD opportunity!! ➡️Heathland Flammability Responses to Environmental Change 🌿🔥
centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
Work with a great team of researchers at University of Birmingham, University of Exeter, Forestry England & Met Office!

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Gareth Clay @garethclay.bsky.social · Nov 19

PS. Apologies if I’ve not included everyone’s @ handles, especially on the growing BlueSky communities.

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Gareth Clay @garethclay.bsky.social · Nov 19

The Future of Northern Peatlands – Sinks or Sources of Atmospheric Carbon? meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...

@scootjd.bsky.social

#PeatSky #PeatECR #PeatlandsMatter

Session BG3.21

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Gareth Clay @garethclay.bsky.social · Nov 19

Oxidation of Peat Carbon: From Process to Emissions
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#PeatSky #PeatECR #PeatlandsMatter

Session BG3.27

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Gareth Clay @garethclay.bsky.social · Nov 19

Tropical Peatlands: Past, Present, Uncertain Future meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...

@nickgirkin.bsky.social

#PeatSky #PeatECR #PeatlandsMatter

Session BG3.24

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Gareth Clay @garethclay.bsky.social · Nov 19

Peatlands in greenhouse gas accounting and carbon credit schemes meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...

#PeatSky #PeatECR #PeatlandsMatter

Session BG8.13

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Gareth Clay @garethclay.bsky.social · Nov 19

Peatland hydrology: From tropical to subarctic latitudes meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...

@em-shuttleworth.bsky.social @burdun.bsky.social @michelbechtold.bsky.social

#PeatSky #PeatECR #PeatlandsMatter

Session HS10.3

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