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Alex Houston

@bluecarbonalex.bsky.social
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PhD student at the University of St Andrews trying to understand the turnover of organic matter sources in blue carbon ecosystems

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Alex Houston @bluecarbonalex.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Looking forward to presenting my poster tomorrow at #OSM26 !
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Alex Houston @bluecarbonalex.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Come join us at Lebowskis from 18:30!
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Alex Houston @bluecarbonalex.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Thanks for having me!
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Alex Houston @bluecarbonalex.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
New paper out now!
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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
🔔Job alert: Postdoc working on Contribution of Blue carbon Ecosystems to climate change mitigation with Prof Hilary Kennedy @sosbangor.bsky.social 🧪 jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php....
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Alex Houston @bluecarbonalex.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
📢 I was interviewed by GO-BC to discuss my recent publication on additionality in Blue Carbon methodologies. Check it out here: www.go-bc.co.uk/blue-carbon-... Interested in finding out more about the research? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Craig Smeaton @coastalcarbon.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
📣New Competition Funded @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD Opportunity Deadline: 3rd of January 2025 The project will be co-supervised by myself, @fredworrall.bsky.social and Jessica Elise (Natural England). Project Outline: tinyurl.com/7nvsmc53 How to apply: iapetus2.ac.uk/how-to-apply/
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Alex Houston @bluecarbonalex.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Heading home from #AGU24. Had a great time sharing science and learning lots. Now time to finish writing my thesis...
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Jennifer Biddle @jenbiddle.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
@bluecarbonalex.bsky.social great talk at #AGU24 ! Read up on his published paper in L&O 2024 Houston et al. Radiocarbon vs bioavailability of carbon in Scottish marshes
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Craig Smeaton @coastalcarbon.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
📢1 year funded Masters by Research available at the University of St Andrews The project will focus on developing of rapid, low cost tools to quantify soil organic carbon in coastal and terrestrial environments. Funded by R&A foundation Deadline: 31st of Jan Full details - tinyurl.com/5n7as37k
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Craig Smeaton @coastalcarbon.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
📣New Funded PhD Opportunity The project will be co-supervised by myself, @fredworrall.bsky.social and Jessica Elise (Natural England). Deadline: 3rd of January 2025 How to apply: iapetus2.ac.uk/how-to-apply/
https://iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships/blue-carbon-accumulation-transformation-and-storage-quantifying-biogeochemical-processes-in-saltmarsh-ecosystems/
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Alex Houston @bluecarbonalex.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
New pre-print available online for discussion: "Old Carbon, New Insights: Thermal Reactivity and Bioavailability of Saltmarsh Soils". egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20... @eurogeosciences.bsky.social
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Old Carbon, New Insights: Thermal Reactivity and Bioavailability of Saltmarsh Soils
Abstract. Saltmarshes are globally important coastal wetlands which can store carbon for millennia, helping to mitigate the impacts of climate change. They accumulate organic carbon from both autochth...
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Alex Houston @bluecarbonalex.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
📢New first author opinion article in Global Change Biology! “Additionality in Blue Carbon Ecosystems: Recommendations for a Universally Applicable Accounting Methodology” Thread below👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Additionality in Blue Carbon Ecosystems: Recommendations for a Universally Applicable Accounting Methodology
The protection and restoration of blue carbon ecosystems may contribute to net greenhouse gas emissions abatement and help address the global challenges of both mitigating and adapting to climate cha...
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Craig Smeaton @coastalcarbon.bsky.social · 18/12/2023
New Fully funded World Leading PhD Studentship at the University of St Andrews with myself and @mudwaterclimate.bsky.social looking at: The role of Calcium Carbonate in blue carbon environments. Deadline- 2nd of Feb 24 Open to UK and International applicants tinyurl.com/cwfew92f
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