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Daniel Colson

@danielcolson.bsky.social
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Research Fellow @SoGLeeds exploring remote sensing of northern peatlands🛰🌎 previously JNCC_UK 🌱 Geographer. Interested in Peatlands/EO/GI. AberUni alumni.

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Joseph Holden @prof-joseph-holden.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
First paper now out from Rossana Escanilla-Minchel's PhD - showing land cover change impacts on riverflow in central Chile during different ENSO phases. Open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @geomorphmark.bsky.social @water.leeds.ac.uk environment.leeds.ac.uk/geography/pg...
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Land Cover Change Drives River Flow Modifications in Central Chile
This study examines the combined effects of land cover change and ENSO on streamflow dynamics in four coastal catchments of central Chile, using a 45-year (1979–2023) dataset of remote sensing and hy...
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Connie Harpur @connieharpur.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Very happy to share the first paper of my PhD, out now in @commsearth.nature.com! Looking across the Greenland Ice Sheet, we found that glaciers flowing into lakes are up to 3.3 times faster than glaciers terminating on land 🧊 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Ice-marginal proglacial lakes enhance outlet glacier velocities across Greenland - Communications Earth & Environment
Lake-terminating glaciers across Greenland flow more rapidly at their termini, with 44% showing down-ice accelerations, and with greater accelerations associated with larger lakes, according to analys...
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Daniel Colson @danielcolson.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Last week @peatbloke.bsky.social, @duncanquincey.bsky.social, colleagues from Uppsala University and I re-visited Hammarmossen, this time as part of our NERC-funded Antheia project. We deployed a number of sensors and conducted UAV surveys. Looking forward to returning! @envleeds.bsky.social
UAV image of Hammarmossen, detailing peatland poolsColleagues installing and recording GPS points for pressure transducers
Trail camera attached to a treeUAV image of Hammarmossen, detailing peatland pools
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Daniel Colson @danielcolson.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Had a great day at the @envleeds.bsky.social graduation. Thanks to the support of my supervisors @peatbloke.bsky.social @geomorphmark.bsky.social and @duncanquincey.bsky.social. Excitedly I’ve already started a Research Fellow position in the school continuing my research!
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Pete Tuckett @petetuckett.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I’m delighted to share that our new paper is now out in @natclimate.nature.com! Our long-term, monthly Antarctic-wide dataset of surface meltwater shows that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet is becoming increasingly prone to surface meltwater ponding.
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Continent-wide mapping shows increasing sensitivity of East Antarctica to meltwater ponding - Nature Climate Change
This study provides a continent-wide assessment of surface meltwater area in Antarctica between 2006 and 2021, highlighting recent increases in magnitude and variability in East Antarctica, with indic...
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Graeme T. Swindles @graemetswindles.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Fully funded PhD opportunity Ecohydrological response of tropical peatlands to climate change and human impacts (QUADRAT DTP: Ecohydrological response of tropical peatlands to climate change and human impacts at Queen’s University Belfast on findaphd.com)
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Connie Harpur @connieharpur.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Time-lapse trail cameras… not just for wildlife! 📸 Chuffed to share this Tools of the Trade article in @natrevearthenv.bsky.social, highlighting how we can capture glacier calving to better understand rates and drivers of ice loss. 📖 rdcu.be/eaj20 @envleeds.bsky.social @yes-dtn.bsky.social
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Paul J. Morris @peatbloke.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Huge congrats to PhD student @danielcolson.bsky.social who passed his viva (defence) today. Well done Dan! Thanks to the examiners, Angela Harris (Manchester) and Rich Grayson, and co-supervisors @geomorphmark.bsky.social and Duncan Quincey. A happy first post on Blue Sky 😁
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Connie Harpur @connieharpur.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Ice-marginal lakes across #Greenland- why do they matter?! 🇬🇱🧊 🌊 Our article in Geography introduces the importance of these chilly lakes and their impact on ice sheet change. Read on for an IML crash-course plus some cool classroom tips ❄️💻✏️ @joemallalieu.bsky.social shorturl.at/Z4jUh
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Katy Ross @girl-in-a-bog.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
What are the greenhouse gas emissions savings associated with paludiculture? As part of a DEFRA fellowship I had a go at trying to answer this question and create an emission factor for Paludiculture in the England! Thanks to all who contributed👇 www.paludiculture.org.uk/post/what-ar...
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What are the greenhouse gas emissions savings associated with paludiculture?
Paludiculture is a potential solution to minimising the 1.5% of total UK emissions from lowland peat.
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Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds @envleeds.bsky.social · 24/01/2024
Some boreal peatlands are losing their characteristic pools – a concern for their unique ecosystems. Researchers in the School of Geography studied the long-term changes in the pools at Hammarmossen to understand why it's happening. Read more: environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
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Shrinking pools on northern peatlands
Peatlands are carbon-rich wetlands that are often covered in mazy patterns of open water pools, but some boreal peatlands in Scandinavia and elsewhere are beginning to lose their characteristic pools.
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