This campaign needs you now Replace Winston Churchill on a five pound note, with a Bog-moss.

I've created a petition to get Winston Churchill replaced on the five pound note, with a Bog-moss.

Sign here please. c.org/j7ZFc4qRFn

Happy New Year of the Horse!
With #ChineseNewYear of the horse ahead 17/2, it’s a chance to celebrate one of our key allies in #WalesPeatlandAction – the ponies!
By grazing on the dominant Molinia, they enable rarer peatland species to thrive.
@natreswales.bsky.social @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social

#peatlands
#PeatECR
#graduateLife

As a member for over a decade, I cherish the @peatlands.bsky.social for their dedication to peatlands and I believe you can do better and define an early career researcher or professional better than just by the age of “under 30”. Please revise this antique rule 🙏

In my understanding of the liberty, today’s generations have, to change their first, often pressured or wrongly chosen, career pathway, makes this age constraint an outdated, unnecessary hurdle.

For years now, every time I read this post, I can’t help but feel sad, frustrated and helpless about the discriminative age limit set. I remember how I read this same text the first time when I had just started my PhD studies. I was 32. I was an international student and was under financial strain!

Andreas Boldt: «Der Igel frisst nur zur Not Schnecken» Tier des Jahres 2026 ist der Igel. Diese Auszeichnung vergibt die Naturschutzorganisation Pro Natura immer Anfang Jahr. Der Igel ist ein grosser Sympathieträger, hält auch Überraschungen auf Lager. Zu...

«Gerade weil der Igel so bekannt und beliebt ist, ist er der ideale Botschafter für die Bedürfnisse der Natur im Siedlungsraum. Zudem geht es ihm weniger gut, als man vielleicht meint.» Wildtierbiologe Andreas Boldt im SRF-Tagesgespräch zum Igel #TierdesJahres: www.srf.ch/play/radio/r...

The Silent Invasion How Non-Native Conifers Are Threatening Britain’s Peatlands

Who should pay when commercial forestry creates conservation problems? New analysis shows 200,000-971,000 ha of UK peatland at risk from conifer invasion. Based on our @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social poster. #peatlands

Link - tinyurl.com/yc3b2s9h

Feedback/ comments welcome—not my usual writing style!

Eine der dringendsten Aufgaben, um sich am die Folgen der Klimakrise anzupassen:

👉 Wir müssen endlich anfangen Wasser 💧 in der Landschaft zu halten, anstatt es über Gräben, Kanäle & begradigte Flüsse möglichst schnell rauszuleiten, wie es gegenwärtige Praxis ist.

Just in time for Santa Claus to prepare the gifts 🤶🎅🦌🛷

Promotional poster for the 2026 PEAT (Peatland ECR Action Team) calendar themed "Wildlife." It announces that the photo submission deadline has been extended until November 9. The background shows a wooden path leading through peatland toward distant mountains at sunset. Photo credit: Justinas Sakas.

We are extending the deadline until November 09 for submissions to the #2026PeatECRcalendar.

Send us your best #wildlife photos in #peatlands and other #wetlands.

Include the coordinates, peatland and animal name, some information about your project.

Email to peatecr@gmail.com

Meadowview Biological Research is in need of donations to meet their 13.7K payment in a month. Plus you can buy really cool bog plants or just a big bag of live sphagnum moss.

Don't let this wetland fall in the hands of those who would quite literally "drain the swamp."

Promotional poster for the “2026 PEAT Calendar” by the Peatland ECR Action Team. The calendar theme is “Wildlife.” The poster announces that photo submissions are open until September 30, 2025. The background features a scenic photo of a wooden boardwalk leading through a peatland toward snow-capped mountains under a colorful sunset sky. Photo credit: Justinas Sakas.

🚨📸 About 2 weeks left to send in your best #wildlife in a #peatland shot and publish in the 2026 edition of #PeatCalendar

Email to: PeatECR@gmail.com

Deadline: 30 September

Grüne kritisieren Entscheidung der Bundesregierung scharf Gestern (27. August 2025) hat die Bundesregierung ein Abkommen mit den Niederlanden unterzeichnet, das einen weiteren Baustein bei der Erschließung eines grenzüberschreitenden Gasfelds in der Nordsee ...

Die Erlaubnis, Gas vor #Borkum zu fördern, ist ein Schlag ins Gesicht der Borkumer*innen, die sich für den Schutz der Insel einsetzen. Und es ist eine grobe Missachtung des gesetzlichen Auftrags, den #Klimaschutz zu stärken und unser Land enkeltauglich zu machen.

www.filiz-polat.de/presse/meldu...

⚠️ Monthly reminder for the upcoming Photo contest deadline on September 30th.

Have your best shot of#wildlife in #peatlands and other #wetlands featured in the next edition of #PeatCalendar2026
🐻🦊🐸🕷️🦟🐜🦦🦫🦧🐃🦋🫎🦆

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✉️ peatecr@gmail.com

Brazil issues last-ditch plea for countries to submit climate plans ahead of Cop30 Only 28 countries have submitted carbon-cutting proposals to the UN, with some of the biggest emitters yet to produce plans

Only 28 countries have so far submitted #carbon-cutting proposals to the UN, with some of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases – including China and the EU – still to produce their plans. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The global and local distribution of Sphagnum and a detailed desciption of its anatomy.

#TansleyReview: The effects of #drought on #Sphagnum #moss species and the implications for hydrology in #peatlands

Keane et al. 👇

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#LatestIssue

I’m very sorry to tell you ladies that this article is yelling you BS.
#Sphagnum moss is not different from #peat moss! It’s exactly that.

#peatlands
#makePeatlandsGreatAgain

Leeza Speranskaya is a Masters graduate from the University of Waikato, now working as an environmental scientist at a consultancy. She is a self-proclaimed data cruncher but enjoys the occasional bush-bash, both of which she got to experience during her Masters! Leeza’s Masters research focussed on Kopuatai bog, a unique peatland ecosystem located near Paeroa, New Zealand. Kopuatai is dominated by a plant called Empodisma robustum, a wire rush that has allowed this peatland to form due to its high water retention abilities. Specifically, this plant conserves water through restricted transpiration and its dense standing litter. Leeza’s research had two components - (a) analysing over 10 years of evaporation data (i.e., data crunching) which was diligently collected by her supervisor Dave Campbell via the eddy covariance method, and (b) measuring interception loss by collecting rainwater from under the dense E. robustum structure (i.e., bush-bashing). The 10-year evaporation dataset was compared to that of Mer Bleue, Canada, in collaboration with key researchers Peter Lafleur and Elyn Humphreys, to determine the impact of their differing vegetation types on evaporation. This research was able to confirm that E. robustum does in fact have higher water retention capabilities than the Sphagnum mosses found at Mer Bleue during dry canopy conditions, while wet canopy conditions allowed for higher evaporation due to interception loss. An analysis of evaporation patterns with increasing vapour pressure deficit (VPD) at Kopuatai and Mer Bleue indicated that E. robustum is able to restrict evaporation at high VPD, which may allow it to be more resistant to climatic warming and drying compared to ecosystems like Mer Bleue.

PeatECR Bio Series #1 - just in time to introduce our first featured bio in for July 2025 💚
Today we introduce Leeza Speranskaya, a recent MSc graduate, focusing on evaporation dynamics in restiad peat bogs. Connect with Leeza here:
www.linkedin.com/in/leeza-spe...
#PeatECRBioSeries

Agreed!! 😍

The longer you look at moss, the more incredible it gets. Here's a closer look at Slender Cruet-moss (Tetraplodon mnioides).

📷 marceau_c on iNaturalist
📍 Austria
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#ObservationOfTheDay

Map of the Month - July 2025 — neyedc July’s Map of the Month shows species richness of Sphagnum at Askham Bog, York!

Our final #MapOfTheMonth is now online! This time we're featuring a map created by bryophyte recorder Steven Heathcote, showing sphagnum species richness at Askham Bog, York: www.neyedc.org.uk/updates-insi...

Steve was accompanied on the survey by one of our Ecological Data Officers, Hannah! 🔎

Great piece on climate doomerism. I am somewhat missing the realism in it. You look at the two extremes in the story, but leave out the vast majority of realists that do/believe/spread/act on the existing science for more than half a century and yet the curve is rising more steeply than ever 🤷🏻‍♀️

Jurassic Marsh: How More Carbon Could Explode Plant Growth "'God creates dinosaurs, God destroys dinosaurs. God creates Man, man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs.' 'Dinosaurs eat man...Woman inherits the earth.'" Drs. Malcolm and Sattler, Jurassic Park.

🧪 At one point in earth's history, warm air temperatures, high humidity, and high CO2 stimulated photosynthesis. Land was covered with dense, lush vegetation🌿. But a new study shows that while marsh CO2 uptake will ⬆️ with atm. CO2, so too will emissions of CH4. peatmail.substack.com/p/jurassic-m...

🥺🙏 Das tut mir so Leid für dich! Die stetige Eco-anxiety verbraucht bereits enorme Energie, und bei Dir kommt der Kampf gegen solche Windmühlen auch noch dazu. Bitte mach weiter! Deine Posts sind so gut, wir brauchen deine klaren Worte! Ich hoffe es hilft dir zu teilen 🦋🫶
#SharingIsCaring

AER Memories of Old - Release Trailer YouTube video by Daedalic Entertainment

A game I recommend for relaxing is “AER - memories of old” youtu.be/ldJr6nUDqAs?...
Beautiful soundtrack, flying like a bird between isles in the sky, following the spirit world 🪶

Why they’re important:
• Chironomids are key indicators of water quality.
• They play a vital role in the aquatic food chain, serving as food for fish and amphibians.
• Their tubes help stabilize sediment and recycle nutrients.

• Clustered formations: Often densely packed, as in your photo.
• Aquatic environment: Found in wet, peaty, or muddy areas with high organic content.

These larvae (often called non-biting midges) are very common in wetland environments, including peatlands, bogs, and marshes.
Here’s how you can recognize them:
• Tube-like structures: Made from sediment, detritus, and sometimes silk secreted by the larvae.