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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🌊 The September issue is out now! 👉️ buff.ly/FQvy8Dl This month's cover image depicts "Sphagnum capillifolium: a hummock forming moss of oceanic blanket bogs." Image credit: Jonathan Ritson. Read the article by Lynn et al.👉️ buff.ly/881HjHe

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Joshua Lynn @biogeo-josh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Job alert: Post-doc position working with Filipa Cox and me working on mycorrhiza and plant traits. Contact us for more information! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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Research Associate in Plant-Mycorrhizal Interactions:Oxford Road

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Summary of our mini-review in the @journalofecology.bsky.social. Our work explores the extremes of cation availablity from the oceanic bogs of the Falklands to the the Sudeten mountains where concentrations are two orders of magnitude lower. jecologyblog.com/2026/07/16/e... @biogeo-josh.bsky.social

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Exploring the extremes of cation availability

Jonathan Ritson, who worked at the University of Manchester during this research, discusses his article: Cation responses to global changes alter ecological processes in ombrotrophic systems In bog…

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Joey Pickard @bootlegbryos.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor... There is a new role out for the Welsh National Peatland Action Programme (NPAP) for all you peaty people who are looking for a role in GIS/Remote Sensing/Modelling. Lots of very positive peatland action in Wales and a great time to get involved!

An aerial view of Cors Fochno, a raised bog in mid wales. The picture is advertising a job as specialist advisor for modelling and remote sensing

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Welsh ‘Bogfather’ wins prestigious Lindsay award #PeatConf26 @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social. Dr Peter Jones said he dedicates his work protecting and restoring peatlands for the benefit of future generations. naturalresources.wales/about-us/new... @natreswales.bsky.social @futuregencymru.bsky.social

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Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT) @ect-uk.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Our next #webinar will feature @peatymike.bsky.social from @liverpooluni.bsky.social talking about the Migneint Bog #LTE in #Wales that has been going since 2011. Register for it: bit.ly/ECTWebinarsE... #Peatbog #Restoration 🌏

Webinar 15 Years of Research at the Migneint Bog Peat Re-wetting Experiment in Snowdonia. Friday 26 June 2026 12:30-1:30pm. Photo of a white man sitting down and leaning forwards smiling at the camera outside. Text underneath: Dr Mike Peacock University of Liverpool.

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

#ElanValley peatland restoration survived despite being surrounded by recent fire. Thanks for photo Elan Valley Trust. It shows your impactful work restoring wet peatland habitat as part of #WalesPeatlandAction efforts Funded by Welsh Government @natreswales.bsky.social @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Minor work update in that I am joining the @britishecologicalsociety.org Journal of Applied Ecology as an associate editor. Photo of my applying some ecology in preparation for the journal role. 'Who benefits?' is a great starting point when thinking about journal choice for a paper and...

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Full write up on linked in of a recent tour of the Snake Pass wildfire. Key messages Rewetted areas acted as refugia but not fire breaks Mowing heather did create fire breaks but more recently mowed patches created problems with smouldering fires www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

An interesting day at Hafod Elwy with @peatlandcymru.bsky.social colleagues surveying recovery at a forest to bog restoration site. Rapid colonisation of sphagnum cuspidatum is great to see in the pools with hummock forming species also doing well!

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Otherworldly sphagnum waterfall cascading over a ledge. Out sampling with @biogeo-josh.bsky.social

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Daffodil season down the allotment

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

An enjoyable day on Cors Fochno has ended with me being treated for suspected Lyme disease. Occupational hazard, I guess, but we did get to see some impressive sphagnum pools!

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Back from Aviemore after organising field training in winter environments. Note the colleagues behind bowing down to my superior crampon technique

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Make a difference! Join the dynamic and successful NPAP team, aiming for #HighNatureLowCarbon Submit by 1/3/26 £41K to over £44K swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/vacancyinfor.... Welsh verbal skills required to deal with our valued partners. @natreswales.bsky.social #GreenJobs #jobs #Wales #environment

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Happy elfcup season to all who celebrate

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience Karen Wilkinson, Survey and Monitoring Team Leader for the Peatland Programme is one of the #WomenInScience contributing to future generations, aiming for #HighNatureLowCarbon through #WalesPeatlandAction. @natreswales.bsky.social @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Finally updating contact details and affiliations - now "lead specialist advisor" for peatlands at Natural Resources Wales. Get in touch if you want to develop research proposals in Wales. We have sites of ongoing and future restoration, friendly people and so much data...

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natreswales.bsky.social @natreswales.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

🌱 Today we’re launching our State of Natural Resources Report - our biggest assessment of the health of Wales’ natural environment. Read our report on our website, together with Bridges to the Future, created in collaboration with @futuregencymru.bsky.social More 👉 orlo.uk/50hdT

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Teresa Silverthorn @tksilver.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Check out our new article in The Conversation highlighting strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from ditches and canals 💦 🌱🚜 @peatymike.bsky.social @jpritson.bsky.social theconversation.com/how-to-cut-h...

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How to cut harmful emissions from ditches and canals – new research

Ditches and canals can be climate heroes.

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Make a difference! Can you turn complex ecological data into clear insights for Wales Peatland Action? Become our Specialist Peatland Biodiversity Metric & Reporting Advisor! £42K-£46K+ Closes 28/01/26 swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/vacancyinfor... #jobs @natreswales.bsky.social #HighNatureLowCarbon

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

First update from STOTEN in a while. Yet none of these ongoing issues are obvious from STOTEN's homepage. I'd be annoyed if I had been unaware and published with them in the past year.

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Final data downloads from the GGR-Peat Featherbed site. As well as the weather station we have 54 dipwells logged at 15 min resolution for four years = 7.5 million data points!

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Data starting to come in from our Bezos Earth Fund project looking at sphagnum and methanotrophy. If nothing else we had fun playing with the bubble columns!

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Fantastic job: Specialist Advisor in Peatland Habitat Monitoring. Join the dynamic Wales peatland team to lead ecological survey & monitoring elements. £41K-£44K+ p/a. Closing 14/12/2025. Go for it! swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor... @natreswales.bsky.social #GreenJobs #environment #Wales

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Make 2026 the year you become our Specialist Advisor in Peatland Hydrology! Join the dynamic Wales peatland team as technical lead for peatland hydrology monitoring. £41K-£44K+ p/a. Closing 14/12/2025. Go for it! swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor... #jobs @natreswales.bsky.social #Wales

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

New analysis of 1960s land use maps, many created by schoolchildren and students, reveals fresh insights on the timing and extent of habitat losses caused by post-war agricultural intensification and urban growth in England and Wales. www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c... 🧪 1/ #maps #LandUse

A split image showing Canford Heath, Dorset: left side features a 1960s land utilization survey map with color-coded zones; right side displays a present-day satellite view, highlighting urban development over former heathland.

A historical land use map of Downham Market, Norfolk from the 1960s, shaded to show various land types like arable, urban, and woodland.

Four digitised maps showing land cover changes in Wolverhampton, England from 1930 to 2020, highlighting shifts from broadleaved woodland and grassland to arable land and urban areas.

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Want a breath of fresh air? Join the peatland team! 3 perfect posts to make a positive difference monitoring the success of the peatland restoration programme expanding Wales-wide. Salary £36,246 - £39,942. Closing 3/12/2025. Go for it! swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor... #GreenJobs #Wales

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Interested in peatlands and biogeochemistry? Like fieldwork? Then come and do a PhD at @livunigeog.bsky.social supervised by me, @rchiverrell.bsky.social, Jenny Williamson (@ukceh.bsky.social eh.bsky.social) + Dewi Davies (@nationaltrust.org.uk ltrust.org.uk) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Looking for a PhD in environmental science? I will soon have an advert out for a project at @liverpooluni.bsky.social with @ukceh.bsky.social & @nationaltrust.org.uk. "Peatland drainage + rewetting across the UK uplands + lowlands" All about GHG emissions and aquatic carbon. Watch this space!

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Wrapping up the GGR-Peat project just in time before the gas collars were subsumed into sphagnum hummocks!

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Anyone need some Exetainers? I have a few boxes expiring end Dec 25!

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

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...

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

The most intriguing door sign in the University of Manchester. Sadly, the door is locked. These are private holes in the floor.

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Remnants of a lowland raised bog. Left is still under agricultural production, right at ~50cm higher was abandoned in the 60s. Just under 1cm lost per year.

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Without delving too much into the stats - it's safe to say our trial to speed up sphagnum colonisation of restoration pool was successful

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Mike Waddington 🇨🇦 @peatofmind.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

New #PeatPaper by Lees et al. in #HydrologicalProcesses "The Sponge Analogy Problem: Moving Towards Clearer Communication of Peatland Hydrological Processes" #peatlands #hydrology #scicomm onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Laura Pottinger @laurajpottinger.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

How might stitching help us get to know mosses on more intimate terms? New coauthored paper from the MossWorlds project on stitching sphagnum moss and doing creative, interdisciplinary work in geography labs: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social (1/3)

Embroidered moss made from a selection of textural green fabrics attached to plain cotton fabric stretched across an embroidery hoop. A brown label with the handwritten words 'laboratory incident' is attached to the fabric.

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

In the last year I've been made co-lead of my research group, been told I will be made permanent, been told I will be made redunant, been told I will not be made redundant but not permanent, and now that I can't accept consultancy income because I'm not permanent. Academia is well run by top minds.

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Some highlights from a summer of fieldwork - lots of sphagnum (natural and planted) and the occasional sunny day on the bog

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BES - Peatlands and Wetlands group @bes-peatlandsgroup.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

We are pleased to have a thematic session at this years @britishecologicalsociety.org annual meeting in Edinburgh December 2025 on ‘Past and Future Resilience of Global #Wetlands’ - we have some excellent speakers lined up and hopefully many wetland folks will attend the conference and present too!

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

In my ongoing tests to see which parts of my job AI can automate I asked ChatGPT to create a map for me of my plots using a satellite image basemap and a pop out showing where the site was in the UK. Close. So close.

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

#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

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

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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Sphagnum mosses are fascinating from physiology, ecology, and climate perspectives. I'm especially proud of this @newphyt.bsky.social paper meant to inspire new research on ecoevolution and biodiversity. Check out the incredible cover art by Blanka Aguero! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Image of the cover of the New Phytologist journal showing a close up image of brown and orange Sphagnum plants.

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Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Welsh duolingo really going for the sterotypes

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Haven Ecology @havenecology.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

A very busy but rewarding week with the highlight definitely being the Moss Worlds final exhibition. The moss house at the firs is now one of my favourite places, it has Wilson’s filmy fern growing on the walls! Great as well to see the moss protest signs and everyone’s moss stitch pieces in person

The moss house at the Firs, Manchester University

Mossy protest signs from the Moss Worlds project

Wilson’s filmy fern at the moss house, the Firs, Manchester University

Cross stitch pieces of mosses, on plant pots, in a glass house

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