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Mike Peacock

@peatymike.bsky.social

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Biogeochemist at University of Liverpool & SLU Uppsala. Greenhouse gases and water chemistry in peatlands, lakes, streams, ditches and ponds. Lover of mountains and wild places. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GXE28xwAAAAJ&hl=en

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, Corryvreckan is great. I haven't tried the An Oa. Too many single malts, so little time...

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 8h

Got some people together for a whisky tasting and we all brought a few bottles. Ardbeg Uigeadail was unanimously voted the best.

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 6d

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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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 13d

"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.

Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 13d

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

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Joseph Holden @prof-joseph-holden.bsky.social · 17d

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

The Sponge Analogy Problem: Moving Towards Clearer Communication of Peatland Hydrological Processes

Correctly communicating peatland hydrology.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Alex Cobb @dynamicpeatlands.bsky.social · 20d

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

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.

dynamicpeatlands.org

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 20d

Here's hoping...

Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 20d

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.

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Norfolk Ponds Project @norfolkponds.bsky.social · 27d

We have been described as "THE BEST NGO THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT"

Please help by following us & reposting!!!

A stunning dreamy planty pond. Pond covered in pondweeds

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 27d

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

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

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 28d

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

Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 29d

academia is broken...

Jonny Ritson @jpritson.bsky.social · Sep 11

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.

Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Sep 12

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...

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.

www.vims.edu

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Sep 10

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

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Sep 9

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.

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

The methane cycle in the epilimnion of Lake Constance - Archiv für Hydrobiologie Volume 151 Number 1 — Schweizerbart science publishers

www.schweizerbart.de

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

The methane cycle in the epilimnion of Lake Constance - Archiv für Hydrobiologie Volume 151 Number 1 — Schweizerbart science publishers

www.schweizerbart.de

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Norfolk Ponds Project @norfolkponds.bsky.social · Sep 6

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

go.bsky.app/5ZMVBB1

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Sep 6

Now online in early view
academic.oup.com/femsec/advan...

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Teresa Silverthorn @tksilver.bsky.social · Sep 6

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! 📈🧪👩‍🔬🌍

Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Mar 25

What's the collective noun for a group of ditch scientists?

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Sep 5

Very clearly.

Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Sep 5

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).

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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · Aug 31

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

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...

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Sep 2

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.