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AI2Peat Project @ai2peat.bsky.social · May 15

Exciting news! On Mon 19th May at 7 pm, AI2Peat will join @pintofscienceie.bsky.social in Sligo to discuss peatland condition monitoring with satellites and AI. Come along to Thomas Connolly Bar, F91 HC04, to chat with our project lead, Corrado Grappiolo! #pint25

➡️ pintofscience.ie/event/planet...

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AI2Peat Project @ai2peat.bsky.social · Apr 29

At last week's Explorium SpringFest, Corrado shared the value of bogs and how AI2Peat monitors them with satellites and AI 🛰️ To explain our work in a fun way, Corrado created a giant "biological" neural network by having the audience stand up and down and shout plant names based on "input signals"!

A man in a shirt featuring pacman characters smiling in front of a wall with the text: Springfest UCD x Explorium April 14-26. Curious about AI and the Planet? Meet Dr. Corrado Grappiolo from the UCD School of Computer Science. With over 20 years of experience in Artificial Intelligence, Dr. Corrado is now using AI and satellite data to monitor changes in the environment through the groundbreaking AI2Peat project. Want to know how AI can revolutionize nature conservation, healthcare, and industry? Come talk to Corrado and explore how this powerful technology is shaping our future. Ask him anything: AI, satellites, climate, and beyond.

A man gesturing to an auditorium screen showing images of peatlands and a map of Ireland.

An audience in an auditorium listening to a man with an image of upland blanket bog on the screen in the background.

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Community Wetlands Forum @communitywetlands.bsky.social · Apr 1

On Saturday, we joined our member group, Kilteevan Tidy Towns, for their photography workshop with @tocharstories.bsky.social and artist Shane Hynan. We practised telling a narrative through compelling photo composition at the Cloonlarge Bog Loop. We saw lots of Hare's tail cottongrass & Bog myrtle!

A person taking a photograph on a raised bog, there is a tree with no leaves on the left.

A person taking a photograph on an old bog road at a raised bog. There are trees either side of the bog road.

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Community Wetlands Forum @communitywetlands.bsky.social · Mar 27

You have until 20th April to see BogSkin at @rha-arts.bsky.social➡️ rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...! It celebrates the relationship of art to the bogs over the past 50 years. Keep an eye out for pieces by friends of the Community Wetlands Forum — @tinaclaffey.bsky.social, Fiona McDonald & Shane Hynan.

Tina Claffey's photographs of a shielf bug, Sphagnum moss, and Sundew on display at BogSkin - an exhibition at the RHA Gallery.

People standing in a room exhibiting peatland photographs and Sphagnum mosses at BogSkin - an exhibition at the RHA Gallery.

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AI2Peat Project @ai2peat.bsky.social · Mar 27

Last night's Climate Cocktail Club touched on everything from Irish land use to equitable access to nature!

A key takeaway for us—restoration is essential because "we should have a massive asset in our peatlands, but actually, they've become a liability", by Fintan Kelly, @irishenvnet.bsky.social.

Two people are chatting on a red couch in front of a screen showing images of birds flying over wetlands and a map of Ireland's habitats.

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AI2Peat Project @ai2peat.bsky.social · Mar 12

✨ Survey closes this Friday: eu.surveymonkey.com/r/QP56HMV ✨ Please share!

Read more:
🔹 publicpolicy.ie/papers/peats...
🔹 www.techcentral.ie/ai2peat-remo...

Thanks to @researchireland.bsky.social & @innovationexchange.bsky.social for supporting the recent Discovery Exchange Pitch Event too!

PeatSense Platform

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AI2Peat Project @ai2peat.bsky.social · Mar 7

Our Project Lead, Corrado Grappiolo, joined Shane McGuinness & Malte Schneider yesterday to run an open discussion at the European Carbon Farming Summit. They examined the role of remote sensing and AI in monitoring peatland condition. Share your views on the topic ➡️ eu.surveymonkey.com/r/QP56HMV.

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Leaflets and business cards on a table in front of a frame reading "European Carbon Farming Summit: From theory to practice - Dublin 4-6 March 2025"

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AI2Peat Project @ai2peat.bsky.social · Feb 17

Thanks to those who already shared their feedback in our survey. Can you take a few minutes to help us too? Click here: eu.surveymonkey.com/r/QP56HMV

If you're not sure what AI2Peat does, view the @rte.ie 10 Things To Know About episode 'Surf & Turf' (start at 12:00): www.rte.ie/player/serie....

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AI2Peat Project @ai2peat.bsky.social · Feb 11

We need your help to improve the PeatSense Platform! Whether you're somewhat interested in peatlands or spend every day thinking about bogs, your feedback matters to us.

Please take a few minutes to complete our survey and share it with your friends and colleagues: eu.surveymonkey.com/r/QP56HMV 💭📝

Background image of a raised bog. Can you share a few minutes of your time? We are building a peatland knowledge and data-sharing platform and need your help. Take our survey: https://eu.surveymonkey.com/r/QP56HMV.www.peatsense.org.AI2Peat is funded by Research Ireland under grant number 22/NCF/FD/10969 until June 2025, having started in January 2023. Our consortium includes CeADAR Ireland, iCRAG Research Ireland Centre for Applied Geosciences, and the National Parks & Wildlife Service.

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AI2Peat Project @ai2peat.bsky.social · Feb 6

We're delighted to have joined the @unep.org Global Peatland Initiative's Research Working Group! This morning's meeting was a great space for learning and collaboration. As a mapping project, we were particularly interested to see their peatland map portal: wesrmapportal.unep.org/portal/apps/...

Experience

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AI2Peat Project @ai2peat.bsky.social · Jan 27

We want to introduce ourselves to our Bluesky community! 👋 Learn more about AI2Peat and the PeatSense Platform in the slides below. To dive in further, check out: peatsense.org.

Can you help us? We need your feedback on PeatSense. Please message us or click here: calendly.com/ai2peat/peat...

Slide 1.

Background image of a raised bog. AI2Peat Project: Who are we & what do we do?

Peatlands provide a range of important ecosystem services to society. Human activity and land use change has damaged peatlands, resulting in biodiversity loss, water management issues, and carbon emissions.

“The problem to be addressed really is reducing carbon emissions from degraded peatlands by “rewetting” them, which is the majority. We need to know where this is possible, and how feasible that is.” - Dr. Shane Regan, National Parks & Wildlife Service

~21-23% of Ireland’s surface area is peatland (citation 1, 2). 85% of all Irish peatlands are degraded (citation 3, 4).

References:
1. Connolly & Holden (2009) Irish Geography
2. Gilet et al. (2024) Geoderma
3. Habib & Connolly (2023) Regional Environmental Change
4. Fluet-Chouinard et al. (2023) Nature

Slide 2. Background image of a raised bog.

Logos: AI2Peat, CeADAR, iCRAG, NPWS.

AI2Peat aims to help this problem by delivering:
1. All-Ireland Peatland Condition Map: Use Artificial Intelligence to analyse remote sensing (satellite) and ground truthing data to continually monitor peatland condition at the national scale.
2. PeatSense Platform: Facilitate information flow and collaboration between peatland stakeholders.

Core Team: Design and oversee the delivery of the AI2Peat work plan.
- Dr. Corrado Grappiolo, Project Lead
- Dr. Eoghan Hologhan, Project Co-Lead
- Dr. Shane Regan, Societal Impact Champion

Slide 3. Background image of a raised bog.

Logos: AI2Peat, CeADAR, iCRAG, NPWS.

Scientists & Platform Developers:
- Build geospatial pipelines, machine learning models, and other tools to classify peatland ecology and health.
- Manage PeatSense and develop it in collaboration with the wider peatland community and potential users.

Team:
- Veeresh Gurusiddappa
- Katie Smirnova
- Beth O’Dwyer
- Aimée Lally
- Zane Ferch
- Shane Smyth
- Shivam Gulve

Slide 4. Background image of a raised bog.

Logos: AI2Peat, CeADAR, iCRAG, NPWS.

Special Guests: Collaborators who provide extra guidance and support to AI2Peat.
- Dr. Alexis Hrysiewicz
- Mahdi Khoshlahjeh Azar
- Tony Williams

AI2Peat is funded by Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland under grant number 22/NCF/FD/10969 until June 2025, having started in January 2023.

Logos: National Challenge Fund, Rialtas na hÉireann - Government of Ireland, Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland, Funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU.

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AI2Peat Project @ai2peat.bsky.social · Jan 23

No better place to enter Spring than at the Botanic Gardens! Celebrate peatlands at the launch of Bob Speers' exhibition Thin Place on 1st Feb at 2 pm—including a discussion on Ireland's bogs with @abogslife.bsky.social, Evelyn D'Arcy, and our team member, Katie Smirnova.

#WWD2025 #ActForWetlands

Presented by the National Botanic Gardens, you are warmly invited to the exhibition opening of Thin Place - Paintings by Bob Speers Capturing the Magical Essence of the Bog.

Saturday 1st February.

Reimagining Ireland's Bogs.
Panel Discussion 2.00pm.
Speakers: Bob Speers, Kate Flood, Evelyn D'Arcy, and Katie Smirnova.

Followed by exhibition launch at 3.30pm.

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AI2Peat Project @ai2peat.bsky.social · Dec 20

🔹 Presented AI2Peat and turned a crowd of 200 secondary school students into a giant biological neural network! What a fun experience, thank you to the Explorium Centre in Dublin for hosting us.

Stay tuned, 2025 will bring more updates and opportunities to get involved with our Peat Sense platform!

AI2Peat – All-Ireland, AI-enhanced Peatland Monitoring Platform

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AI2Peat Project @ai2peat.bsky.social · Dec 20

🔹 Presented our ecology mapping work at the European Geoscience Union General Assembly in Vienna (April 2024) and PeatSense at the International Geographical Congress in Dublin (August 2024).
🔹 Appeared on Episode 1, Season 10 of RTE One's '10 Things to Know About' ➡️ www.rte.ie/player/serie...

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AI2Peat Project @ai2peat.bsky.social · Dec 20

Time to wrap up a fantastic 2024 for AI2Peat! 🧵

🔹 Entered the GROW phase thanks to Research Ireland! This allowed us to move to prototyping, solution conceptualisation, and value creation.
🔹 Organised a 2-day hybrid workshop with 60+ attendees from Ireland and the UK to discuss peatland condition.

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AI2Peat Project @ai2peat.bsky.social · Dec 10

Do you know why peatlands are important? Read Peat Hub Ireland's factsheets to learn the essentials: www.ucd.ie/peat-hub-ire...

They're linked to the PHI Database which compiles 900 publications! A great resource 🎉

@abogslife.bsky.social @peatlandconserve.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social

Factsheets - Peat Hub Ireland

www.ucd.ie

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Tóchar Community Stories @tocharstories.bsky.social · Dec 5

What is Climate Justice? Like this graph from @tcddublin.bsky.social IKC3 on seven key principles of climate justice :underscored by creating a 'transparent, participatory and accountable decision-making process'.
People having a voice, being able to tell their story supports all principles.

Graph of 7 key principles of climate justice - respect Human rights, the right to develop, share burdens and benefits, ensure transparent, participatory and accountable decision-making, promote gender equality, climate stewardship, partnerships. created by TCD IKC3

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Dr Guaduneth Chico @guaduneth.bsky.social · Dec 3

Working with farmers 🚜 is key for the @WaterLANDS_EU Irish Action Site 🇮🇪 To deliver restoration, building capacity is essential💪 For this reason, we have published the first toolkit⚒️ to restore blanket bogs! 🌱

Access here➡️ waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

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Tóchar Community Stories @tocharstories.bsky.social · Dec 4

Very useful #peatland factsheets, covering climate, biodiversity, environment and culture produced by @ucddublin.bsky.social Peat Hub research team including Dr Kate Flood who is the geographer on #TócharStories. Have a look and share with #bog #wetlands folk?
www.ucd.ie/peat-hub-ire...

Factsheets - Peat Hub Ireland

www.ucd.ie

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AI2Peat Project @ai2peat.bsky.social · Dec 5

Thanks to @biggusdaveusphd.bsky.social and the Irish Quaternary Association for their brilliant symposium!

As well as sharing AI2PEAT & Peat Sense updates, Corrado enjoyed learning about other peatland research, such as these figures from John Connolly about the high carbon stocks in deep peat.

A person in an orange shirt delivering a presentation. He is gesturing to a PowerPoint slide which reads "Challenges" and includes scientific graphs. To the right is the "IQUA" pull-up banner with photographs and other logos.

A series of bar charts titled "Land cover and "hidden" peatlands in Ireland. They show that Irish deep peat (4.5m+) contains more ecosystem carbon stock (Mg C per ha) than Amazon mangrove or rainforest.

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AI2Peat Project @ai2peat.bsky.social · Nov 29

Less than a week left to respond to Peatland Finance Ireland's public consultation on the Peatland Standard! Don't miss your chance to share your views on the future of quantifying ecosystem improvements from peatland restoration in Ireland.

More details here: peatlandfinance.ie/peatland-sta...

Peatland Standard Draft Documents for Public Consultation — Peatland Finance Ireland

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AI2Peat Project @ai2peat.bsky.social · Nov 19

Are you curious about AI2PEAT's work? Check out our recent feature on @rteone.bsky.social's '10 Things To Know About' episode 'Surf & Turf'. The bog bit starts at 12 minutes in: www.rte.ie/player/serie...

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AI2Peat Project @ai2peat.bsky.social · Nov 14

Hello Bluesky! AI2Peat aims to use AI to map & monitor Ireland's peatlands to support their restoration and biodiversity. Our PeatSense platform is also being developed for knowledge & data sharing!

Here are two of our team members, Alexis & Corrado, at the 2023 Power to the Peatlands Conference 🎉

Two people standing beside a research poster reading "AI2Peat: All-Ireland, AI-Enhanced Peatland Monitoring Platform".

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