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Category Archives: Peatlands

Antarctica + climate change + green = media storm

Featuredby Matt Amesbury Leave a comment

Ok, maybe a storm is taking it a smidge too far, but it was at least a strong breeze! In May, we published a paper in Current Biology that showed […]

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Antarctica, Communication, Peatlands

A tribute to Keith Barber

May 15, 2017by Matt Amesbury 1 Comment

As Bogologists interested in using peatlands as a source of information on past climate change, we are primarily here due to the work of one man. That man is Professor […]

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Bogology, History, Peatlands

Frozen peatlands in a warming world

Featuredby Tom Roland 1 Comment

If you’re a regular Bogology reader than you’ll already be aware of the important role peatlands play in the global carbon cycle. Whilst they cover just 2-3% of the earth’s […]

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Climate change, Coring, Fieldwork, New Research, Peatlands, Permafrost

When you can’t see the peat for the trees!

July 13, 2015by Richard Payne Leave a comment

One of the perks of being a Bogologist is the chance to travel around and see cool bogs in interesting places (I’m writing this just home from Russia). Over the […]

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Bogology, Carbon, Conservation, Peatlands, Restoration

Farms, factories and fertiliser: the effects of air pollution on peatlands

October 7, 2014by Richard Payne 3 Comments

When I was a teenager I spent a lot of time walking the moors of the Peak District National Park in northern England. I guess we all tend to think […]

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Conservation, Europe, Guest blog, Nitrogen, Peatlands, Pollution, Restoration

Food and bogs: the peatland larder

September 29, 2014by Matt Amesbury 2 Comments

Putting bogs to one side for the briefest of moments, one of my other great passions in life is food. Since eating is something that all of us have to […]

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Bogology, Fieldwork, Peatlands

Spiders, snakes, swamps and … Elvis?! Two weeks on an Amazonian peatland

August 15, 2014by Graeme Swindles Leave a comment

Tropical peatlands represent a large pool of terrestrial organic carbon and are found in Asia, Africa and South America. They are also under threat from the effects of burning, drainage, […]

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Coring, Fieldwork, Peatlands, Tropics

Tropical testate amoebae as hydrological indicators?

August 7, 2014by Matt Amesbury Leave a comment

Originally posted on From inside the shell:
Sampling testate amoebae in a tropical peatland. A recent paper in Microbial Ecology by Swindles et al. suggests that testate amoebae have good…

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Fieldwork, Guest blog, Peatlands

Teignmouth Science Café

July 31, 2014by Matt Amesbury 1 Comment

I have a philosophy in life that if there’s something I want to achieve, but that’s also a bit scary, I’ll just say yes to it without too much thought […]

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Bogology, Communication, Outreach, Peatlands

Peatland archaeology: more than just dismembered bodies!

July 21, 2014by Matt Amesbury Leave a comment

If the popularity of Tom’s blog on bog bodies was anything to go by, then the finer details of peatland archaeology can be pretty engaging! It’s not hard to see […]

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Archaeology, Conservation, Peatlands

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