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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · Nov 11

I've hopefully captured all the wetlands and peatland people I follow in this starter pack - apologies if I missed you out. I think I can edit if need be.

go.bsky.app/T9Cp4p2

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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 3h

The PeatPic Project makes peatland phenology research easier: low-cost, open, and ready to support future studies

Big thank you to all my co-authors - especially to co-lead @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social

Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 3h

We discovered that green leaf phenology varies significantly by #peatland type and vegetation community:

• Bogs reach peak greenness about 10 days later than fens.
• Vegetation type and local energy balance strongly influence #phenology

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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 3h

We had:
📸 > 3700 photos collected every 1–2 weeks across 2021–2022

Across
📍27 sites and 10 countries 🇫🇮🇨🇦🇳🇴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇦🇺🇨🇱🇸🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷🇩🇪

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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 3h

🚨New Paper 🚨
The PeatPic Project: Predicting plot-scale green leaf #phenology across #peatlands

So happy to see this paper online — one of my favourite projects!

We explored how to capture how peatlands change colour using smartphones and community science!

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

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Peatland ECR Action Team @peatlandecr.bsky.social · 17h

Seeking images of peatlands of all kinds! As we didn’t quite get enough ‘wildlife’ themed images for our 2026 calendar, we’re extending the invitation for all our peat friends to donate any images they’ve taken on their adventures lately – please email them to us via: [email protected]💚

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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 23h

The #PeatColours project is in its 5th year at the Boreal Wetland Centre in Alberta. Even after all these years I still love seeing that colour change

Comparison between June and October 2025

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Dr Lorna Harris @lornaharris.bsky.social · 2d

Wondering what to do this weekend? Why not get outside and explore a bog! I highlight a few 'boardwalk bogs' in Canada, the USA, and the UK in a new post on Peatpedia.

Feel free to add your favourite boggy boardwalks in the comments on Substack or below!

open.substack.com/pub/peatpedi...

Boardwalk Bogs

Take a wander through the world’s wonderful wetlands

open.substack.com

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David Olefeldt @olefeldt.bsky.social · 5d

So permafrost peatlands burn and they release lots of CO2 through combustion - but that's just the start. Christopher Schulze shows in a new GRL study that slow recovery causes continued CO2 losses in the following decade - overall similar in magnitude to the combustion!

doi.org/10.1029/2025...

doi.org

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Mike Waddington 🇨🇦 @peatofmind.bsky.social · 5d

For over 15 years the McMaster Ecohydro Lab has awarded the #NobelPeatPrize to the authors of the best peatland or peat paper of the year.

It’s that time of year again where we review papers and finalize a list of nominees.

Do you have a fave paper for 2025 you would like us to consider?

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Paul J. Morris @peatbloke.bsky.social · 5d

Our new paper in QSR, led by Dr. Donna Hawthorne, explores the various successional pathways that the huge peat swamp forests of the central Congo Basin have taken during the late Quaternary. Open access link available until 21 Nov eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com

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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 8d

I have added you to the list.

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Jerry Moore @jerrymoorecostume.bsky.social · 9d

Taken my venture into YouTube videos. Take a look at the costume books I would recommend at this link!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2cy...

Costume Books I Would Always Recommend!

YouTube video by Jerry Moore Costume

m.youtube.com

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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 9d

A beautiful sunset over the peatland at Torronsuo National Park 🇫🇮 to end the week

#PeatColours

📸: Member of the public as part of the Tracking the Colour of #Peatlands project

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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 13d

I think it’s my favourite of the sites

Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 15d

Damn typo - Grande Plée Bleue 🇨🇦

Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 15d

Some more beautiful autumnal colours from #peatlands around the world

#PeatColours

Grande Pleé Bleue 🇨🇦
Killarney 🇮🇪
Forsinard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Kauhaneva 🇫🇮

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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 15d

As expected - the red colour is fantastic!

#PeatColours

Miscou Island, NB 🇨🇦

📸: Member of the public as part of the Tracking the Colour of #Peatlands project

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Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 21d

🌲 Boreal-tundra species drive Arctic plant borealization 🌲

Our new study in #EcologyLetters quantifies tundra plant borealization, assesses its main drivers and identifies the species & traits contributing to borealization.

doi.org/10.1111/ele....

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Illustration of a branch of Betula glandulosa (Resin birch). Illustration by Alberto S. Ballesteros (@asbillustration.bsky.social).

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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 22d

Yes please

Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 22d

Does anyone have any good resources (or their own examples) for how to make a good scientific poster to share with students.

Please RT!

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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 23d

Miscou Island in New Brunswick 🇨🇦 is one of my favourite sites in the Tracking the Colour of #Peatlands project

I love seeing the vaccinium turning red. Photos below are examples from June, July, August and September. Give it one more week and it will be super red!

#PeatColours

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José Cerca @naturalselection.bsky.social · 23d

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Mike Waddington 🇨🇦 @peatofmind.bsky.social · 28d

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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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · Sep 12

Kauhaneva - Pohjankangas National Park in Finland 🇫🇮 is such a beautiful colour at this time of year

📸: Member of the public as part of the Tracking the Colour of #Peatlands project

#PeatColours

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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · Sep 12

Hope you’re sending it to PeatColours 👍🏼