Mike Peacock
@peatymike.bsky.social
Biogeochemist at University of Liverpool & SLU Uppsala. Greenhouse gases and water chemistry in peatlands, lakes, streams, ditches and ponds. Lover of mountains and wild places.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GXE28xwAAAAJ&hl=en
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GXE28xwAAAAJ&hl=en
An enjoyable few hours touring some Scottish beaver wetlands with @dralanlaw.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
An enjoyable few hours touring some Scottish beaver wetlands with @dralanlaw.bsky.social
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...
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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...
In the lab today - three boxes of water samples (two from UK lowland peat ditches, one from South African lakes) to run for UV-vis today, to give data on dissolved organic matter.
November 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
In the lab today - three boxes of water samples (two from UK lowland peat ditches, one from South African lakes) to run for UV-vis today, to give data on dissolved organic matter.
New ditch methane paper out, via my ongoing collaboration with Zhifeng Yan's group at Tianjin University. We show agricultural ditches can affect regional CH4 budgets. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Diffusive CH4 Emissions From Agricultural Ditches Overshadow CH4 Sinks by Upland Fields
Ditches are potentially important sources of methane (CH4) in agricultural regions, but their CH4 emissions are largely unknown due to data scarcity. Here, we investigated CH4 concentrations and diff...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
New ditch methane paper out, via my ongoing collaboration with Zhifeng Yan's group at Tianjin University. We show agricultural ditches can affect regional CH4 budgets. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
And today our MSc students took their bog samples into the lab - measuring N, P and DOM composition in water, and pH and EC in soil extracts.
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
And today our MSc students took their bog samples into the lab - measuring N, P and DOM composition in water, and pH and EC in soil extracts.
Peatland and wetland folk - what loggers are you all using for water table these days? In the past I've used TruTracks (cheap but frequently break) and Troll 500s (great, but pricey). Any suggestions?
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Peatland and wetland folk - what loggers are you all using for water table these days? In the past I've used TruTracks (cheap but frequently break) and Troll 500s (great, but pricey). Any suggestions?
A really fun day at Risley Moss with our @livunigeog.bsky.social MSc students. Peat coring, pool biogeochemistry, and vegetation ID. Loads of enthusiasm from the students.
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A really fun day at Risley Moss with our @livunigeog.bsky.social MSc students. Peat coring, pool biogeochemistry, and vegetation ID. Loads of enthusiasm from the students.
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🌎 Funded PhD Opportunity | @acce-dla.bsky.social
**The carbon drain: quantifying carbon removal from peatlands and forests by rivers in the Peruvian Amazon**
**The carbon drain: quantifying carbon removal from peatlands and forests by rivers in the Peruvian Amazon**
November 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🌎 Funded PhD Opportunity | @acce-dla.bsky.social
**The carbon drain: quantifying carbon removal from peatlands and forests by rivers in the Peruvian Amazon**
**The carbon drain: quantifying carbon removal from peatlands and forests by rivers in the Peruvian Amazon**
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🚨 Funded PhD 🚨 How does the reproduction of trees respond to drought? How does this shape forest resilience to drought? Join us in Liverpool & Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social
to answer this question!
Details & application info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Deadline: 7th January
🌳🌰🌲🌱🌤️🌡️
to answer this question!
Details & application info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Deadline: 7th January
🌳🌰🌲🌱🌤️🌡️
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 AM
🚨 Funded PhD 🚨 How does the reproduction of trees respond to drought? How does this shape forest resilience to drought? Join us in Liverpool & Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social
to answer this question!
Details & application info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Deadline: 7th January
🌳🌰🌲🌱🌤️🌡️
to answer this question!
Details & application info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Deadline: 7th January
🌳🌰🌲🌱🌤️🌡️
Interested in peatlands and biogeochemistry? Like fieldwork? Then come and do a PhD at @livunigeog.bsky.social
supervised by me, @rchiverrell.bsky.social, Jenny Williamson (@ukceh.bsky.social eh.bsky.social) + Dewi Davies (@nationaltrust.org.uk ltrust.org.uk) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
supervised by me, @rchiverrell.bsky.social, Jenny Williamson (@ukceh.bsky.social eh.bsky.social) + Dewi Davies (@nationaltrust.org.uk ltrust.org.uk) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Interested in peatlands and biogeochemistry? Like fieldwork? Then come and do a PhD at @livunigeog.bsky.social
supervised by me, @rchiverrell.bsky.social, Jenny Williamson (@ukceh.bsky.social eh.bsky.social) + Dewi Davies (@nationaltrust.org.uk ltrust.org.uk) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
supervised by me, @rchiverrell.bsky.social, Jenny Williamson (@ukceh.bsky.social eh.bsky.social) + Dewi Davies (@nationaltrust.org.uk ltrust.org.uk) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Really cool audio story on our recent ditch paper by @emfurd.bsky.social. Let's all pay more attention to our ditches...
Justice for ditches! Researchers are seeking to raise the profile of research into canals, dikes, moats, conduits, and gutters, also known as ditches. eos.org/articles/the... 🧪
The Role of a Ditch in the Matrix - Eos
These constructed waterways are often a “no-man’s-land” between terrestrial scientists and limnologists. But ditches’ role in transport, agriculture, biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions, and even a...
eos.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Really cool audio story on our recent ditch paper by @emfurd.bsky.social. Let's all pay more attention to our ditches...
Somehow managed to dodge the showers on Binsey in the northern Lake District today
October 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Somehow managed to dodge the showers on Binsey in the northern Lake District today
A very pleasant few hours on Sale Fell in the Lake District today.
October 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A very pleasant few hours on Sale Fell in the Lake District today.
Our session on aquatic ecosystems and greenhouse gases will be running again at #EGU26. Why not get ahead of the post-Christmas last-minute rush and submit an abstract unfashionably early?
October 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Our session on aquatic ecosystems and greenhouse gases will be running again at #EGU26. Why not get ahead of the post-Christmas last-minute rush and submit an abstract unfashionably early?
New ditch GHG paper out, led by @etechlab.bsky.social. Was fun to be involved in something with a tropical focus for a change. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Greenhouse gas emissions from ditches in oil palm plantations on tropical peatlands in Malaysia - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Greenhouse gas emissions from ditches in oil palm plantations on tropical peatlands in Malaysia
www.nature.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
New ditch GHG paper out, led by @etechlab.bsky.social. Was fun to be involved in something with a tropical focus for a change. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Mike Peacock
PhD on carbon and greenhouse gas fluxes in ditches. Supervised by @aquaticcarbon.bsky.social at Uni Glasgow with @peatymike.bsky.social, Amy Pickard (@ukceh.bsky.social ) and me.
Get in touch if interested and circulate to potential candidates!
🧪 #GreenhouseGases
share.google/lvswIyC9TYg5...
Get in touch if interested and circulate to potential candidates!
🧪 #GreenhouseGases
share.google/lvswIyC9TYg5...
The role of ditches in the global carbon cycle: A critical & unrecognised player.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
PhD on carbon and greenhouse gas fluxes in ditches. Supervised by @aquaticcarbon.bsky.social at Uni Glasgow with @peatymike.bsky.social, Amy Pickard (@ukceh.bsky.social ) and me.
Get in touch if interested and circulate to potential candidates!
🧪 #GreenhouseGases
share.google/lvswIyC9TYg5...
Get in touch if interested and circulate to potential candidates!
🧪 #GreenhouseGases
share.google/lvswIyC9TYg5...
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We are looking for a postdoc to help us develop a novel #Peatland Triage Tool as part of the RESPECT project (gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref...).
More details in the advert below.
Vacancy details | University of Stirling share.google/t3mKgh2EZAmr...
🧪 #PeatSky #Postdoc #AcedemicJobs
More details in the advert below.
Vacancy details | University of Stirling share.google/t3mKgh2EZAmr...
🧪 #PeatSky #Postdoc #AcedemicJobs
Vacancy details | About | University of Stirling
Job vacancy at the University of Stirling.
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October 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
We are looking for a postdoc to help us develop a novel #Peatland Triage Tool as part of the RESPECT project (gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref...).
More details in the advert below.
Vacancy details | University of Stirling share.google/t3mKgh2EZAmr...
🧪 #PeatSky #Postdoc #AcedemicJobs
More details in the advert below.
Vacancy details | University of Stirling share.google/t3mKgh2EZAmr...
🧪 #PeatSky #Postdoc #AcedemicJobs
It's Thursday which can only mean one thing: lab day for our 1st year @livunigeog.bsky.social undergrads. My students are out on campus @liverpooluni.bsky.social enjoying the sunshine and measuring CO2 emissions from grasses and soils.
October 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
It's Thursday which can only mean one thing: lab day for our 1st year @livunigeog.bsky.social undergrads. My students are out on campus @liverpooluni.bsky.social enjoying the sunshine and measuring CO2 emissions from grasses and soils.
Reposted by Mike Peacock
Pick your kids up from school.
Don't reply to that email at 10pm. It almost certainly can wait until the morning.
Not every conference is worth it.
Call bad behaviour out.
Don't be afraid to stick up for yourself.
You're not the only who feels that way.
"No." is a complete sentence.
Don't reply to that email at 10pm. It almost certainly can wait until the morning.
Not every conference is worth it.
Call bad behaviour out.
Don't be afraid to stick up for yourself.
You're not the only who feels that way.
"No." is a complete sentence.
October 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Pick your kids up from school.
Don't reply to that email at 10pm. It almost certainly can wait until the morning.
Not every conference is worth it.
Call bad behaviour out.
Don't be afraid to stick up for yourself.
You're not the only who feels that way.
"No." is a complete sentence.
Don't reply to that email at 10pm. It almost certainly can wait until the morning.
Not every conference is worth it.
Call bad behaviour out.
Don't be afraid to stick up for yourself.
You're not the only who feels that way.
"No." is a complete sentence.
Was neat to be one of approximately a million authors contributing data to this new GHG synthesis. essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
ABCFlux v2: Arctic–boreal CO2 and CH4 monthly flux observations and ancillary information across terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems
Abstract. Measurements of surface-atmosphere carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) fluxes have been relatively sparse across the Arctic tundra and boreal biomes, causing significant uncertainties in ...
essd.copernicus.org
October 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Was neat to be one of approximately a million authors contributing data to this new GHG synthesis. essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
Looking for a PhD in environmental science? I will soon have an advert out for a project at @liverpooluni.bsky.social with @ukceh.bsky.social & @nationaltrust.org.uk.
"Peatland drainage + rewetting across the UK uplands + lowlands"
All about GHG emissions and aquatic carbon. Watch this space!
"Peatland drainage + rewetting across the UK uplands + lowlands"
All about GHG emissions and aquatic carbon. Watch this space!
October 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Looking for a PhD in environmental science? I will soon have an advert out for a project at @liverpooluni.bsky.social with @ukceh.bsky.social & @nationaltrust.org.uk.
"Peatland drainage + rewetting across the UK uplands + lowlands"
All about GHG emissions and aquatic carbon. Watch this space!
"Peatland drainage + rewetting across the UK uplands + lowlands"
All about GHG emissions and aquatic carbon. Watch this space!
Well this is cool. A new peat paper with a possible mechanism for Will-o’-the-wisps in @pnas.org
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Well this is cool. A new peat paper with a possible mechanism for Will-o’-the-wisps in @pnas.org
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Reposted by Mike Peacock
The Conversation article that @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social and I wrote about the PeatPic Project and the power of harnessing people, community science and the importance of research networks is now online too
theconversation.com/harnessing-t...
#Peatlands #PeatColour
theconversation.com/harnessing-t...
#Peatlands #PeatColour
October 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Conversation article that @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social and I wrote about the PeatPic Project and the power of harnessing people, community science and the importance of research networks is now online too
theconversation.com/harnessing-t...
#Peatlands #PeatColour
theconversation.com/harnessing-t...
#Peatlands #PeatColour
Migneint blanket bog with @laurabaugh94.bsky.social
today, installing collars for our @water4all-eu.bsky.social
project ECOWADE, + doing some pool GHG measurements for Laura's PhD.
Also enjoyed visiting a new restoration site where work has just started to reprofile an eroded area of peat hags.
today, installing collars for our @water4all-eu.bsky.social
project ECOWADE, + doing some pool GHG measurements for Laura's PhD.
Also enjoyed visiting a new restoration site where work has just started to reprofile an eroded area of peat hags.
October 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Migneint blanket bog with @laurabaugh94.bsky.social
today, installing collars for our @water4all-eu.bsky.social
project ECOWADE, + doing some pool GHG measurements for Laura's PhD.
Also enjoyed visiting a new restoration site where work has just started to reprofile an eroded area of peat hags.
today, installing collars for our @water4all-eu.bsky.social
project ECOWADE, + doing some pool GHG measurements for Laura's PhD.
Also enjoyed visiting a new restoration site where work has just started to reprofile an eroded area of peat hags.
I really enjoyed being part of this project and paper, led excellently by @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com
🚨New Paper 🚨
The PeatPic Project: Predicting plot-scale green leaf #phenology across #peatlands
So happy to see this paper online — one of my favourite projects!
We explored how to capture how peatlands change colour using smartphones and community science!
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
The PeatPic Project: Predicting plot-scale green leaf #phenology across #peatlands
So happy to see this paper online — one of my favourite projects!
We explored how to capture how peatlands change colour using smartphones and community science!
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
October 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I really enjoyed being part of this project and paper, led excellently by @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com