Teresa Silverthorn
@tksilver.bsky.social
She/her. Postdoc @ Simon Fraser University @sfu.ca Ecologist and biogeochemist π§π±
Happy World Wetlands Day!
Photos from some beautiful Swedish wetlands to brighten your feed π±π§
Photos from some beautiful Swedish wetlands to brighten your feed π±π§
February 2, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Happy World Wetlands Day!
Photos from some beautiful Swedish wetlands to brighten your feed π±π§
Photos from some beautiful Swedish wetlands to brighten your feed π±π§
Check out our new article in The Conversation highlighting strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from ditches and canals π¦ π±π @peatymike.bsky.social @jpritson.bsky.social theconversation.com/how-to-cut-h...
How to cut harmful emissions from ditches and canals β new research
Ditches and canals can be climate heroes.
theconversation.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Check out our new article in The Conversation highlighting strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from ditches and canals π¦ π±π @peatymike.bsky.social @jpritson.bsky.social theconversation.com/how-to-cut-h...
If cost is an issue, get in touchβwe have some fee waivers available!
January 21, 2026 at 9:00 PM
If cost is an issue, get in touchβwe have some fee waivers available!
More details here think.taylorandfrancis.com/article_coll...
Sustainable Environment: Peatlands in a Warming World: Reconciling Carbon, Conservation, and Productive Use
think.taylorandfrancis.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:59 PM
More details here think.taylorandfrancis.com/article_coll...
Do you work on peatland carbon, hydrology, biodiversity, or restoration? Weβd love to see your research in our Special collection for Sustainable Environment! π§πΏπ§ͺπ
January 21, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Do you work on peatland carbon, hydrology, biodiversity, or restoration? Weβd love to see your research in our Special collection for Sustainable Environment! π§πΏπ§ͺπ
Reposted by Teresa Silverthorn
Our new ditch GHG paper now online in final view. A great team effort led by @tksilver.bsky.social with contributions from an all-star cast of supporting authors.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
January 14, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Our new ditch GHG paper now online in final view. A great team effort led by @tksilver.bsky.social with contributions from an all-star cast of supporting authors.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Reposted by Teresa Silverthorn
π£New PhD studentship π£
We're advertising a fully funded PhD studentship in the 'Cultural ecosystem services of dry riverbeds in rural landscapes'. To view the project, please see www.keele.ac.uk/surf/current... Deadline is the 23rd March 2026. Open to UK and international students.
We're advertising a fully funded PhD studentship in the 'Cultural ecosystem services of dry riverbeds in rural landscapes'. To view the project, please see www.keele.ac.uk/surf/current... Deadline is the 23rd March 2026. Open to UK and international students.
January 12, 2026 at 11:14 AM
π£New PhD studentship π£
We're advertising a fully funded PhD studentship in the 'Cultural ecosystem services of dry riverbeds in rural landscapes'. To view the project, please see www.keele.ac.uk/surf/current... Deadline is the 23rd March 2026. Open to UK and international students.
We're advertising a fully funded PhD studentship in the 'Cultural ecosystem services of dry riverbeds in rural landscapes'. To view the project, please see www.keele.ac.uk/surf/current... Deadline is the 23rd March 2026. Open to UK and international students.
For the very keen, a preprint is available here doi.org/10.1088/1748...
Towards improved accounting and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from ditches and canals
Towards improved accounting and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from ditches and canals, Silverthorn, Teresa, Connolly, John, Habib, Wahaj, Kosten, Sarian, Larmola, Tuula, ParanaΓba, JosΓ© R., W...
doi.org
December 31, 2025 at 10:10 AM
For the very keen, a preprint is available here doi.org/10.1088/1748...
Very excited that this paper has now been accepted! It was great to collaborate with this bunch of bright and thoughtful scientists. I think we managed to fit a lot of ideas about ditch GHG accounting and mitigation in a short perspective! π€ Stoked to share it soon!
Just submitted our collaborative perspective piece! π Itβs all about improving accounting and mitigation of GHG emissions from ditchesβsparked by the great presentations and discussions at our ditch symposium! ππ§ͺπ©βπ¬π
What's the collective noun for a group of ditch scientists?
December 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Very excited that this paper has now been accepted! It was great to collaborate with this bunch of bright and thoughtful scientists. I think we managed to fit a lot of ideas about ditch GHG accounting and mitigation in a short perspective! π€ Stoked to share it soon!
Reposted by Teresa Silverthorn
Putting greenhouse gas emissions numbers into context can be hard. The numbers are large, unfamiliar, and not intuitive.
That's why Project Drawdown and a team at the University of San Francisco collaborated to create a new web tool -- Carbon in Context.
www.carbonincontext.com
That's why Project Drawdown and a team at the University of San Francisco collaborated to create a new web tool -- Carbon in Context.
www.carbonincontext.com
Carbon in Context
www.carbonincontext.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Putting greenhouse gas emissions numbers into context can be hard. The numbers are large, unfamiliar, and not intuitive.
That's why Project Drawdown and a team at the University of San Francisco collaborated to create a new web tool -- Carbon in Context.
www.carbonincontext.com
That's why Project Drawdown and a team at the University of San Francisco collaborated to create a new web tool -- Carbon in Context.
www.carbonincontext.com
Ugh, sorry to hear it π
Onto the next! π«‘
Onto the next! π«‘
December 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Ugh, sorry to hear it π
Onto the next! π«‘
Onto the next! π«‘
Super interesting paper!
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Super interesting paper!
Reposted by Teresa Silverthorn
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...
Reposted by Teresa Silverthorn
Attn graduate and undergraduate students! π¨ πͺ² π¦π¨ New research funding opportunity from @xercessociety.bsky.social! $5000; deadline is Jan 7 2026. xerces.org/bandrosky
Deborah BanDrosky Award | Xerces Society
The Deborah BanDrosky Awards are made to students engaged in higher education studies and research related to invertebrate conservation.
xerces.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Attn graduate and undergraduate students! π¨ πͺ² π¦π¨ New research funding opportunity from @xercessociety.bsky.social! $5000; deadline is Jan 7 2026. xerces.org/bandrosky
I had the best time talking about stream ecology to a grade 4 class last week with @skypeascientist.bsky.social π©βπ¬ππ¦
Their curiosity and enthusiasm was truly infectious π₯Ή
Their curiosity and enthusiasm was truly infectious π₯Ή
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I had the best time talking about stream ecology to a grade 4 class last week with @skypeascientist.bsky.social π©βπ¬ππ¦
Their curiosity and enthusiasm was truly infectious π₯Ή
Their curiosity and enthusiasm was truly infectious π₯Ή
And attended a great @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social seminar talk from Dr John Kominoski about DOM in the Florida Everglades!
October 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
And attended a great @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social seminar talk from Dr John Kominoski about DOM in the Florida Everglades!
Had a great time speaking with @kenzco4.bsky.social βs Boreal-Arctic Biogeochemistry Lab! (Thanks for the awesome sticker!)
October 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Had a great time speaking with @kenzco4.bsky.social βs Boreal-Arctic Biogeochemistry Lab! (Thanks for the awesome sticker!)
Nostalgic visit to my MSc alma mater UBC this week @forestry.ubc.ca π²
October 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Nostalgic visit to my MSc alma mater UBC this week @forestry.ubc.ca π²
Reposted by Teresa Silverthorn
π£ Attention: Early-career researchers from developing countries & countries in transition!
Are you interested in becoming a Chapter Scientist and supporting author teams for #IPCCβs Seventh Assessment Report?
Apply by 18 Oct 2025
π www.ipcc.ch/2025/10/07/c...
Are you interested in becoming a Chapter Scientist and supporting author teams for #IPCCβs Seventh Assessment Report?
Apply by 18 Oct 2025
π www.ipcc.ch/2025/10/07/c...
October 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
π£ Attention: Early-career researchers from developing countries & countries in transition!
Are you interested in becoming a Chapter Scientist and supporting author teams for #IPCCβs Seventh Assessment Report?
Apply by 18 Oct 2025
π www.ipcc.ch/2025/10/07/c...
Are you interested in becoming a Chapter Scientist and supporting author teams for #IPCCβs Seventh Assessment Report?
Apply by 18 Oct 2025
π www.ipcc.ch/2025/10/07/c...
The Little Ecology Group at @sfuscience.bsky.social is hiring a PhD student to conduct aquatic biodiversity research in alpine streams! ποΈπ§π¬π©βπ¬ This is an awesome opportunity to join a supportive research group in a beautiful part of the world! littleecologygroup.ca/join-us/
Join Us!
Open PhD positions in the Little Ecology Group starting May or September 2026! Come join the Little Ecology Group (www.littleecologygroup.ca)! We are hiring a PhD student to conduct aquatic biodiveβ¦
littleecologygroup.ca
October 7, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The Little Ecology Group at @sfuscience.bsky.social is hiring a PhD student to conduct aquatic biodiversity research in alpine streams! ποΈπ§π¬π©βπ¬ This is an awesome opportunity to join a supportive research group in a beautiful part of the world! littleecologygroup.ca/join-us/
Reposted by Teresa Silverthorn
Looking for a PhD in aquatic carbon/GHG cycling? Take a look at this fantastic opportunity. Led by @aquaticcarbon.bsky.social and with Amy Pickard, Jens-Arne Subke and me. Field + lab components, and lots of exciting science.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
October 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Looking for a PhD in aquatic carbon/GHG cycling? Take a look at this fantastic opportunity. Led by @aquaticcarbon.bsky.social and with Amy Pickard, Jens-Arne Subke and me. Field + lab components, and lots of exciting science.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Beautiful few days in the British Columbia Coast Mountains for some fieldwork. We were taking down a long-term warming experiment for the winter. Already looking forward to coming back in the spring/summer! ποΈπΆπ₯Ύ
September 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Beautiful few days in the British Columbia Coast Mountains for some fieldwork. We were taking down a long-term warming experiment for the winter. Already looking forward to coming back in the spring/summer! ποΈπΆπ₯Ύ
Wahoo! Looking good! Good luck π
September 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Wahoo! Looking good! Good luck π
Just submitted our collaborative perspective piece! π Itβs all about improving accounting and mitigation of GHG emissions from ditchesβsparked by the great presentations and discussions at our ditch symposium! ππ§ͺπ©βπ¬π
What's the collective noun for a group of ditch scientists?
September 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Just submitted our collaborative perspective piece! π Itβs all about improving accounting and mitigation of GHG emissions from ditchesβsparked by the great presentations and discussions at our ditch symposium! ππ§ͺπ©βπ¬π