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Akrotelm 🌾 @akrotelm.bsky.social · 18d

@hanna-martens.bsky.social berichtet über ihre Forschung zum Potenzial für die #Biodiversität 🪺🪻 auf wiedervernässten Mooren, die zusätzlich mit Photovoltaik ⚡️ überbaut sind. #RRR2025

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Peatland ECR Action Team @peatlandecr.bsky.social · 20d

Peat ECR is at the RRR this week in Greifswald! Join us and meet other early career researchers Monday evening for drinks from 6-8. For more details, check your latest email from the RRR organizing committee. rrr2025.com

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Hanna Rae Martens @hanna-martens.bsky.social · Jul 20

www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Glad to see this topic at the top of CBC News - watching fires burn up the boreal year after year sucks, and it's the peatlands burning that I worry about most

Wildfires send Canada's carbon emissions soaring. And our peatlands emit even more | CBC News

A new government model to estimate peatland emissions and their impact on climate change could provide a new perspective on the problem — and spark new discussions about solutions.

www.cbc.ca

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Hanna Rae Martens @hanna-martens.bsky.social · Jun 13

High recommend reading this beautiful piece about the Hudson's Bay Lowlands. In my work, polar bears don't make my list of "peatland typical species", but in this landscape, polar bears are definitely peatland species! canadiangeographic.ca/articles/ins...

Inside the ambitious Indigenous-led plan to protect northwestern Ontario’s “Breathing Lands”

On the western shores of James and Hudson bays, a group of Omushkego Cree nations have been working to protect both water and land

canadiangeographic.ca

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Hanna Rae Martens @hanna-martens.bsky.social · Jun 9

Terrified to see what comes next. New bill means projects can be exempted from provincial environmental law. First target is the Ring of Fire, critical metals for EV's located inside the world's second largest peatland, the Hudson's Bay Lowlands www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

ANALYSIS | Doug Ford's Bill 5 is now law in Ontario. What happens next? | CBC News

Now that Ontario's controversial Bill 5 is law, the next question is what Premier Doug Ford will do with all the powers it gives his government.

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Peatland ECR Action Team @peatlandecr.bsky.social · May 16

🔎 Find and follow us on LinkedIn too now and get updates on #PeatNeeds, #PeatCalendar, #PeatPublications and other #PeatECR resources and services.

🔗 www.linkedin.com/company/peat...

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Peatland ECR Action Team @peatlandecr.bsky.social · Apr 26

🚨 #PeatECR don’t miss your chance to apply for the 2025 #PeatNeeds microgrants!

🗓️ Just less than a week left to apply for the final round of funding. Send us your wish list, let us know how we can support you! 🐸🕷️🌱💦🫧

ℹ️ More info on requirements and conditions here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1O6J...

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Hanna Rae Martens @hanna-martens.bsky.social · Apr 26

On my way to #EGU25! Looking forward to presenting on Monday at the session "Paludiculture, peatland management and restoration". I'll be presenting my first results on biodiversity in solar parks on rewetted peatland 🐦🌱

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Hanna Rae Martens @hanna-martens.bsky.social · Apr 14

Also, I would bring up the complete destruction of peatlands for mining, especially for oil and gas but in the future, maybe also rare minerals (Hudson's Bay Lowlands). While I research agriculturally drained peatlands now, oil and gas destruction hits close to home www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Hanna Rae Martens @hanna-martens.bsky.social · Apr 14

Thanks @hankgreen.bsky.social, it's so true! Why are we not all talking about how important peatlands are?! Globally, drained peatlands emit 5% of annual greenhouse gas emissions. Wet peatlands are the best carbon capture system out there!

Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Apr 13

When I say you don’t have to worry about microplastics in your brain I mean that there is much stronger evidence that you should be worrying about other things that you don’t ever think about, like the draining of peatlands for agriculture, and things that you think about all the time, like fascism.

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Hanna Rae Martens @hanna-martens.bsky.social · Apr 13

I've got the research area for this (peatland biodiversity) but not the photography skills unfortunately... Looking forward though to seeing all the cool wildlife photos that people submit! 🪲🦋

Peatland ECR Action Team @peatlandecr.bsky.social · Apr 12

📸 #PeatECR get your camera ready before heading into this year’s field season!

🗓️ The 2026 #Peat Calendar is in the planning!

Send us your best #peatland *WILDLIFE* photo until September 30th: 📧 [email protected]

Promotional graphic for the 2026 PEAT (Peatland ECR Action Team) calendar with the theme ‘Wildlife’. It announces a photo submission deadline of September 30, 2025. The background features a scenic photo of a wooden boardwalk leading through a peatland towards a snow-dusted mountain under a colorful sunset sky. Photo credit is given to Justinas Sakas.

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Peatland ECR Action Team @peatlandecr.bsky.social · Mar 26

The first recipient of our March #PeatNeeds microgrants is Dylan Oliver. He is part of the wet woodlands research network (@wetwoodlands.bsky.social) where scientists and stakeholders are interested in nature-based solutions for climate change. 1/2

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Peatland ECR Action Team @peatlandecr.bsky.social · Mar 26

The next recipient of our March #PeatNeeds microgrants is Laura Catalina Riaño Peña. She is working on ecological restoration of pools in ombrotrophic and minerotrophic peatlands in Canada.

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Peatland ECR Action Team @peatlandecr.bsky.social · Feb 25

🚨 #PeatECR don’t miss your chance to apply for the 2025 #PeatNeeds microgrants!

🗓️ Just over a week left to apply for funding in March.
Send us your wish list, before you head off into the field!
🐸🕷️🌱💦🫧

ℹ️ More info on requirements and conditions here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1O6J...

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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · Feb 19

In 2014, finishing a stint as a baby intern, I blew the whistle about Canadian Geographic providing cover for the oil industry to sneak propaganda into classrooms. A report this week exposes that campaign and much more (and mentions my small role, too!) www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/19/n...

Fossil Fuel industry actively shaping climate education in Canada: report

A new report has found evidence of a deliberate strategy by the fossil fuel industry to promote industry propaganda and viewpoints to obfuscate responsibility for the causes of climate change.

www.nationalobserver.com

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Peatland ECR Action Team @peatlandecr.bsky.social · Feb 20

3 jobs are available in the project WETSCAPES2.0 in Rostock, Germany. Check it out if your looking for a peaty, hands on job! Applications due March 3rd jobs.uni-rostock.de/jobposting/d...

Measurement Technology Engineer (m/f/d)

jobs.uni-rostock.de

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Greifswald Mire Centre @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social · Feb 3

🌱 Job-Alarm: Wissenschaftskommunikation & Moorökologie! 🌿📢
Die Uni Greifswald sucht eine*n wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in (50%, E13 TV-L) für WETSCAPES2.0! 🌍
📅 Deadline: 17.02.2025 - www.uni-greifswald.de/wetscapes2

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Hanna Rae Martens @hanna-martens.bsky.social · Feb 3

#PeatNeeds is back! Need a little money to help support your research? Something not covered by your scholarship or project, but you still need it? 🥾🧪🔬 Check out our website to read about all the cool projects we've supported in the past!

Peatland ECR Action Team @peatlandecr.bsky.social · Feb 2

Happy World Wetlands Day! And what a better way to celebrate, than to announce that #PeatNeeds is back! Applications are now open for $100 CAD microgrants. #PeatECR (within 7 years of terminal degree) are eligible for funding. For more information or to apply see docs.google.com/forms/d/1O6J...

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Peatland ECR Action Team @peatlandecr.bsky.social · Feb 2

Happy World Wetlands Day! And what a better way to celebrate, than to announce that #PeatNeeds is back! Applications are now open for $100 CAD microgrants. #PeatECR (within 7 years of terminal degree) are eligible for funding. For more information or to apply see docs.google.com/forms/d/1O6J...

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Hanna Rae Martens @hanna-martens.bsky.social · Jan 24

Data analysis and writing fuelled by sun, sea, and coffee 😊

Greifswald Mire Centre @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social · Jan 24

Our #GMC PhD network met for a writing retreat on beautiful Hiddensee Island. Heathland, peatland, forest and the sea - a perfect setting. We wish you successful writing and many quickly published new papers on #peatlands! 🥰🥰🥰 @unigreifswald.bsky.social @peatlandecr.bsky.social

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Hanna Rae Martens @hanna-martens.bsky.social · Dec 18

Sucks.. somehow last year my supervisor in Germany got more cross-country skiing days then I did in Canada, and not for lack of trying on my part. I miss winter!

ICLRCanada @iclrcanada.bsky.social · Dec 18

Canada's cities are losing up to 19 days of winter

www.cbc.ca/news/science...

Canada's cities are losing up to 19 days of winter | CBC News

In just the past 10 years, cities around the world, including in Canada, have lost weeks' worth of winter ski, skate and snow days each year due to climate change. They've been replaced by dozens of d...

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Peatland ECR Action Team @peatlandecr.bsky.social · Dec 6

♻️ Activity on this platform has increased a lot over the last month, so we thought we'd bring back this post about Dr Cat Moody's awesome study.

Please get in touch with Cat if you do field work and can collect some water samples for her project 💧📦

#PeatECR #PeatSky

Peatland ECR Action Team @peatlandecr.bsky.social · Sep 17

PEAT are supporting Dr Cat Moody's NERC Fellowship Research 💧🌱🔍

Her work will compare pools created during restoration with natural pools and ponds. To make this a global study, Cat is asking #PeatECR to send her water samples. #PeatBsky 🧪📨

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Meike Lemmer @meikelemmer.bsky.social · Dec 9

What happened to #SphagnumMonday? Found this beautiful patch in some amazing #bog. Only missing some snow flakes for perfect holiday decorations ❄️

Any fellow #moss enthusiasts here on 🦋?

#wetlandspecies
#boghabitat
#peatlands

Colorful Sphagnum mosses arranged between heath and ericaceous shrubs.

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Peatland ECR Action Team @peatlandecr.bsky.social · Dec 9

🕯️🕯️🎄Happy second Advent-week to all #PeatECR and #peatland folks!

We’re looking for dynamic, motivated new members to continue our mission to support PeatECR all over the world 🤝🌎

Contact us via 🌐www.peatecr.com or via 📧 [email protected] for more information.

📸: @andreasheinem.bsky.social

Eddy-covariance tower in a vast peatland. Photo: Andreas Heinemeyer

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