Mike Peacock

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...

"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.

Oof, #4. I want to be there, now.

The Sponge Analogy Problem: Moving Towards Clearer Communication of Peatland Hydrological Processes Correctly communicating peatland hydrology.

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...

@peatofmind.bsky.social @peatymike.bsky.social @em-shuttleworth.bsky.social @andybairdj.bsky.social @researchleeds.bsky.social

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.

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

Here's hoping...

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.

A stunning dreamy planty pond. Pond covered in pondweeds

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I really enjoyed contributing to this peatland paper. Down with the sponge analogy!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Some excellent marginalia at Norton Priory today. Beware the giant snails!

academia is broken...

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.

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...

Now online (open access) in final version academic.oup.com/femsec/advan...

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.

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...

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...

A starter pack for people & organisations that love #ponds! Whats not to love!!!

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Now online in early view
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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! 📈🧪👩‍🔬🌍

Very clearly.

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).

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...

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

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.

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.

Oh yeah, good shout. I feel it sometimes did a weird lagging effect if I injected headspace samples with too much water in.

Thanks - good idea.

Question for Picarro GasScouter users: has anyone seen this before? Our field tech has been having an issue where the analyser works normally for a little while, then goes weird and gives an error message.

^What @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com said. This post could have been illustrated with a lovely peatland (or peatiand!) photograph.

An afternoon wander along the Ridgeway to Wayland's Smithy Long Barrow. Even on a sunny day I find this place has a powerful and eerie atmosphere. Then on to Uffington White Horse, which was carved ~3000 years ago.

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