Graeme T. Swindles
@graemetswindles.bsky.social
Professor of Physical Geography |Earth System Science |Ecology |Biogeochemistry |Climate Change |Peatlands |Concerned about the future of our planet |Musician and Songwriter |My Views
Our first articles are live in Critical Insights in Climate Change! www.tandfonline.com/journals/tcl...
Critical Insights in Climate Change
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September 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Our first articles are live in Critical Insights in Climate Change! www.tandfonline.com/journals/tcl...
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"Toxic heavy metals stored in peatlands in the UK could cause health risks to humans, animals and agriculture if ecosystems are not cared for."
Read this piece featuring new science from our researcher @graemetswindles.bsky.social & team ⬇️
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Read this piece featuring new science from our researcher @graemetswindles.bsky.social & team ⬇️
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Toxic metals found in UK peatlands could pose health risk
Wildfires and climate change could see decades' worth of pollutants released into the water courses.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"Toxic heavy metals stored in peatlands in the UK could cause health risks to humans, animals and agriculture if ecosystems are not cared for."
Read this piece featuring new science from our researcher @graemetswindles.bsky.social & team ⬇️
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Read this piece featuring new science from our researcher @graemetswindles.bsky.social & team ⬇️
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New project. Looking forward to leading the ecosystem impact part of this.
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€6.5m of PEACEPLUS funding awarded to improve air quality across the island of Ireland
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June 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
New project. Looking forward to leading the ecosystem impact part of this.
www.seupb.eu/latest/news/...
www.seupb.eu/latest/news/...
Great photos of the whole team in the lab (thanks to Louise Cullen for taking the photo)!
May 15, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Great photos of the whole team in the lab (thanks to Louise Cullen for taking the photo)!
Reposted by Graeme T. Swindles
Our new paper shows peat initiating since 1949 C.E. in a rapidly warming and deglaciating valley in Aotearoa/New Zealand. An amazing montane site, with implications for peatland dynamics at high elevations and latitudes under anthropogenic climate change. Open access here: doi.org/10.1029/2024...
February 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Our new paper shows peat initiating since 1949 C.E. in a rapidly warming and deglaciating valley in Aotearoa/New Zealand. An amazing montane site, with implications for peatland dynamics at high elevations and latitudes under anthropogenic climate change. Open access here: doi.org/10.1029/2024...
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May 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Please ignore @graemeswindles.bsky.social - account is locked out. @graemetswindles.bsky.social is correct!
Fully funded PhD opportunity Ecohydrological response of tropical peatlands to climate change and human impacts (QUADRAT DTP: Ecohydrological response of tropical peatlands to climate change and human impacts at Queen’s University Belfast on findaphd.com)
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May 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Fully funded PhD opportunity Ecohydrological response of tropical peatlands to climate change and human impacts (QUADRAT DTP: Ecohydrological response of tropical peatlands to climate change and human impacts at Queen’s University Belfast on findaphd.com)