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Mike Peacock
@peatymike.bsky.social
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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
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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 2d
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...
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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 8d
"These authors contributed equally to the manuscript."

This is fair enough, I've used this text in at least two papers. But how many authors can "equally contribute"? Is there a limit? I've seen examples of n = 4.
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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 8d
Oof, #4. I want to be there, now.
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Joseph Holden @prof-joseph-holden.bsky.social · 12d
We shouldn't say peatlands act as sponges...but they can slow flow and dampen droughts. Our new paper led by Kirsten Lees onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

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The Sponge Analogy Problem: Moving Towards Clearer Communication of Peatland Hydrological Processes
Correctly communicating peatland hydrology.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Alex Cobb @dynamicpeatlands.bsky.social · 16d
Are you fascinated by how peatlands form and how they are impacted by human land use? I am seeking PhD students to join my lab at the Asian School of the Environment in Singapore. For more, visit dynamicpeatlands.org/phd-programme
Opportunities to join Alex Cobb's group
PhD, postdoc, Masters and undergraduate opportunities with Alex Cobb's group at the Asian School of the Environment.
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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 16d
Here's hoping...
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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 16d
Received a review invite from Inland Waters. No deadline given. Accepted the review to find the deadline is 10 working days. Hilarious. The race to the bottom goes on.
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Norfolk Ponds Project @norfolkponds.bsky.social · 22d
We have been described as "THE BEST NGO THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT"

Please help by following us & reposting!!!
A stunning dreamy planty pond. Pond covered in pondweeds
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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 23d
I really enjoyed contributing to this peatland paper. Down with the sponge analogy!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 23d
Some excellent marginalia at Norton Priory today. Beware the giant snails!
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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 25d
academia is broken...
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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 27d
In the last year I've been made co-lead of my research group, been told I will be made permanent, been told I will be made redunant, been told I will not be made redundant but not permanent, and now that I can't accept consultancy income because I'm not permanent.

Academia is well run by top minds.
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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 26d
News article from Virginia Institute of Marine Science
about our recent ditch paper, with quotes from @ditchontologist.bsky.social, John Connolly, and me.

www.vims.edu/newsandevent...
Ditches as waterways: Managing ‘ditch-scapes’ to strengthen communities and the environment
A global study reframes ditches as multifunctional waterways with the potential to improve community resilience, water quality, biodiversity and environmental outcomes.
www.vims.edu
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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 28d
Now online (open access) in final version academic.oup.com/femsec/advan...
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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 28d
A car full of greenhouse gas sampling collars, made by the School of Engineering workshops at @liverpooluni.bsky.social. These will go into a North Wales blanket bog for our @water4all-eu.bsky.social project ECOWADE.
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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Sep 8
Does anyone have access to this paper and, if so, could email to me (m.peacock at liverpool.ac.uk)?

www.schweizerbart.de/papers/archi...
The methane cycle in the epilimnion of Lake Constance - Archiv für Hydrobiologie Volume 151 Number 1 — Schweizerbart science publishers
www.schweizerbart.de
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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Sep 8
Does anyone have access to this paper and, if so, could email to me (m.peacock at liverpool.ac.uk)?

www.schweizerbart.de/papers/archi...
The methane cycle in the epilimnion of Lake Constance - Archiv für Hydrobiologie Volume 151 Number 1 — Schweizerbart science publishers
www.schweizerbart.de
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Norfolk Ponds Project @norfolkponds.bsky.social · Sep 6
A starter pack for people & organisations that love #ponds! Whats not to love!!!

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Sep 6
Now online in early view
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Teresa Silverthorn @tksilver.bsky.social · Sep 6
Just submitted our collaborative perspective piece! 🎉 It‘s all about improving accounting and mitigation of GHG emissions from ditches—sparked by the great presentations and discussions at our ditch symposium! 📈🧪👩‍🔬🌍
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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Mar 25
What's the collective noun for a group of ditch scientists?
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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Sep 5
Very clearly.
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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Sep 5
A successful day coring two sites on the Migneint blanket bog in North Wales with @laurabaugh94.bsky.social, @rchiverrell.bsky.social & undergrad Teleri. We'll analyse the cores for geochemistry (via XRF) and organic matter composition (infrared spectrometry).
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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · Aug 31
We are gathering views on the current state of freshwater monitoring in the UK (scales, focal species & pressures).

If you work in these areas, we'd love to capture your views: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ceh-online...

@ukceh.bsky.social #UKCEH_AquaEco #freshwater #monitoring #data #evidence
The Changing Status of Freshwater Biodiversity in the UK
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Sep 2
New paper accepted in FEMS Microbiology Ecology:

"Winter microbial community structure and methane-cycling potential in constructed agricultural wetlands across regions and microhabitat"

For this, we sampled ~40 wetlands in two different regions of Sweden.
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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Aug 29
A few hours alone, stravaiging the Wiltshire Downs around Avebury, and with a visit to Silbury Hill (a prehistoric artificial mound). A good afternoon for cloudscapes.
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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Aug 29
Oh yeah, good shout. I feel it sometimes did a weird lagging effect if I injected headspace samples with too much water in.