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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 12/06/2026

Region Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperatures are in record territory, approaching 3 standard deviations above the 1982-2011 mean, an anomaly that has never happened before in recorded history. The Climate 8-ball says: "four!"

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

So valuable data (long-term rainfall!) but so difficult to secure funding for maintaining and servicing long-term monitoring stations. In my case, the @ect-uk.bsky.social came to the rescue several times (thanks you!). peatland-es-uk.york.ac.uk/field-measur...

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Peatland-ES-UK - Climate

We are using three Skye Instrument (the company ceased trading in 2025) automated weather station (AWS), measuring hourly air temperature (Tair), soil temperatures (Tsoil), air humidity (RH), barometr...

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Rob Yorke @robyorke.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

use all the farming practice tools to head towards 'nature positive' agriculture not just the obvious agroecological ones (see full text of Target 10 under the Global Biodiversity Framework adopted at COP15) www.nature.com/articles/s44... #farming #nature 🧪

field-scale wide drip water irrigator spread across a desiccated maize field in south west France with woodland in the background

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Shrubification in response to warming is well known to occur around the globe - also on peatlands. A very likely boost to heather biomass in the UK uplands (quite a few papers on that are published)! Bogs are getting drier & rewetting has limits & fires are an if not when. Just saying ...

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Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT) @ect-uk.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

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A meadow with yellow flowers. Hills are in the distance.

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

And what a good spell of weather you picked (again I think!). Enjoy 🤠

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I have decided to stop reviewing papers for journals I cannot access anymore via our University. It is just crazy what is expected from academics vs what we get in return.

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Such a joy to listen to whilst thinking about peatlands & fire! Spanish Baroque at its finest I'd say! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV8s...

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A Spanish Celebration with the Ensemble Cantoría & Jorge Losana

YouTube video by Total Baroque

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Richard Fewster @richard-fewster.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

🚨 Our new peatlands paper "Pan‐Arctic Peatlands Have Expanded During Recent Warming" published today in Global Change Biology, led by Josie Handley. Open access and free to all: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Pan‐Arctic Peatlands Have Expanded During Recent Warming

Arctic peatland carbon is important because it represents a large carbon stock that may be vulnerable to climate change. This work explores the expansion and/or shrinkage of Arctic peatlands using ob...

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Rob Yorke @robyorke.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

what I do - my specialist skill hosting environmental and rural in-person events robyorke.co.uk/track-ii-com... #Environmental #Dialogue

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

And what is really concerning is the greater increase in night-time temperatures. You know what that means ...

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

That is an interesting consideration ... wondering if there are any data for the UK. But now it is the weekend 🤗

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Hi Matt, yes nice dataset 🫠. Many people don't realise how much commitment & time it takes to maintain things like this - you certainly know 😇. The light increase is a good question. I think it is related to less cloud cover (longer high pressure system presence) but could also be due to contrails.

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

And these are the monthly values over time (14 years of data!). Quite proud of this graph! These data will allow us to model carbon fluxes (photosynthesis, respiration) and methane emissions and thus estimating the net carbon balance over time (also considering stream flow C-export as DOC and POC).

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

First goal achieved! 2012-2025 climate data for the Peatland-ES-UK @ect-uk.bsky.social site! Not looking great for future bog 'health'. Getting much warmer, slightly drier yet brighter over time; example for Mossdale (wettest site)

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Impacts need to compare apples with apples (not oranges; i.e., unmanaged locations elsewhere are different for different reasons!), over long enough time (ecological impacts rather than disturbance) and large enough scale (at several sites and landscape-scale as impacts differ and get diluted).

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Peatland (upland & heather-dominated Blanket Bog) - Management and Ecosystem Services in the UK Please also see our website at: Ecological Continuity Trust (with other long-term monit...

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

The @ect-uk.bsky.social support came to the rescue many times. Thanks 🤗 It is so difficult to find long-term funding for such studies, although it is such long-term studies which best inform @naturalengland.bsky.social evidence on which to base sound policy. 📖

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Hi Mike (and co-authors). This is an absolutely brilliant paper. Read it quickly once, so need to read again, but it is so spot on and so much needed! Wonderful. Confirms a lot of my observations and modelling 😀. Happy Peaty Christmas!

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Today's background music during peaty literature reading (with some fire added to it!): www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x3O... Just listen to 25 min in [ Francesco Usper - Sonata 8 ] ... fantastic trombone/sackbut team!

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Christmas Concert with Baroque Composers | La Cetra Barockorchester, Andrea Marcon

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I also note that the @moorlandassoc.bsky.social actually acknowledges complexity: "Impacts are mixed, site-specific & scale-dependent", which I think correctly reflects our conclusions, statements a the evidence base.

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Key is this: "There is certainly no evidence to allow a generalisation of overall negative impacts, even on Sphagnum moss (Ref); the same review also points out that often reported negative impacts are short-lived and need to be seen as part of a patchwork across larger scales (catchment/landscape)"

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Hi, yes, there are varied responses, but it is important to consider space and time as well as the generic aspect. Overall, the summary table statement is: "Ill-defined, confounding factors, unclear and/or not enough data to support such generic statement, scale (time and space) dependent".

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Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Very curious to watch this webinar later. Also, what a tribute to the creative power of a pint in a good pub!

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Peaty people: we're hosting a special issue in the Taylor & Francis journal Sustainable Environment. Do consider submitting to it - the scope is broad and multidisciplinary. think.taylorandfrancis.com/article_coll...

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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Whilst a lot of what Bill Gates wrote in his memo makes a certain amount of sense, his main point that short term emissions reduction is not the priority is based on flawed and out of date data. I’ve scribbled on his graph below to add a very important line - reality. #climatechange #acceleration

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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

JOB ALERT! Do you also love large ecological experiments? Become coordinator of our big new geo-biosphere experiment in @terra-cluster.org. 7-year position! Follow link for details. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social @uslter.bsky.social Please repost!

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Stellenangebote: Universität Hohenheim

Aktuelle Stellenangebote der Universität Hohenheim.

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

More carbon fluxes to be processed. More good music required: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPXg... Who would not want to play in this beautiful surrounding? Fluxes, here we come!

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Baroque Concert: Les Goûts Réunis | Jordi Savall & Le Concert des Nations

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Good old home town in Germany, overdue!

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Maybe send me an email...but I might have to point you to David who did the analyses. Btw, I will be away now for two weeks...

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 02/10/2025

In a functioning society, this would have been front page news everywhere. In our society, this didn't make the fine print. As @georgemonbiot.bsky.social pointed out once, it's quite depressing to check the headlines when you know what the real headline should be...

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Wonderful! Coming over to Alfeld (my home town) next week. Shall wave 👋 hope you got my email (easy to find...)

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I don't think I talked about burning and ticks but rather tall heather and brash layers as perfect habitat. But a good point to think about consequences of burning too.

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The key issue for many claims seems to be to consider the potential to rewet upland peatland areas (a lot of different types). Rewetting is (mostly) good, but many sites just cannot be rewetted to become like those wet Border Mires (e.g., valley bogs). Complex interactions also with grazing ...

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I did not talk about very wet blanket bog. The meeting was in the North York Moors. Large areas of upland bog (even blanket bog) are naturally drier or dry and perfect for ticks for many reasons. Numbers are increasing rapidly for many reasons.

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Apparently not published but to be part of a book. We need to wait and see ...

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Andy, I seem to be very unsuccessful in influencing policy. This was just a statement raising a valid concern, which should be considered by Natural England. It was raised at the meeting.

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Not only do I love Tubingen but also peatlands! Shame to have missed this! Would love to see the talk, if this is possible :)

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Based on a recent Heather Trust day in the North York Moors with a tick expert. We clearly need research but I have been contacted by someone who seems to already know more about it ...

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

What is wrong with Labour? This sums it up!

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country? Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide. It undermines police and the law.

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

@naturalengland.bsky.social ticks are likely an unintended outcome of changes to upland heather management. Urgently needs to be considered as a real risk to animals & humans.

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

One of the overlooked risks in the uplands. Banning heather burning will most likely cause a huge increase in ticks and their associated nasty illnesses. Tall heather & bracken as well as brash layers from heather cutting will be perfect habitats. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

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As my daughter got sicker and sicker, our quest for answers dragged on. How did we all miss the bacteria taking over her body?

I write about nature, but when Milly got sick with a mystery illness, it never occurred to me that a long-forgotten tick bite could be the cause

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

I have just read it. So important to share this ordeal. Very sorry to hear this, but we all need to be much more aware! I just highlighted this to @naturalengland.bsky.social Changes to heather management likely not good news as ticks will likely benefit from brash layers after cutting.

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Interesting bit here is the Before-After Control-Intervention (BACI), comparing like with like. I think this is the only replicated long-term BACI at multiple sites there is for any of this. And burnt plots got wetter over time...

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Andreas Heinemeyer @andreasheinem.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Mostly S cap, subnitens, pallustre and papillosum but also magellanicum, fimbriatum, russowii, fallax ...

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