1.5°C isn’t a political target, but a physical limit. We’re set to exhaust the remaining carbon budget in just a few years. Yet policy assumes huge CO₂ removal later, instead of cutting fast now. 1st of 3 posts on Earth’s resilience & where we stand. linkedin.com/pulse/earth-lo…

Testate amoebae as bioindicators to inform blanket bog restoration success kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2…. Many thanks to Andreas Heinemeyer, Rob Marchant, @Rob Mills, Roland Gehrels, @Dan Charman, SEI Research Department of Environment and Geography, @Env_lab_team,@YPP, @CSC,University of York, @all supporters!

Happy to be speaking at this year's #pint25 Pint of Science UK Come and learn from SEI Research University of York's peatland research: Former PhD student Abby Mycroft's 'from peat to pint' will be followed by me on 'facts vs fiction' on peatland heather management; pintofscience.co.uk/event/our-plan…

Some very good points made by The Heather Trust on burning/cutting or no management of heather. Purely to speculate on a vague and ill-considered concept of "rewetting" as proposed by Natural England etc. might quite literally lead to many of our peatlands going up in smoke.

Exciting opportunity: Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT) is advertising! Part-time Administrative Assistant (0.5FTE) Part-time Meetings & Events Coordinator (0.5FTE) Please see below for more information. Very interesting & important work they do. A good chance to get involved! tinyurl.com/mr3p2azj

I LOVE THIS visualisation of ppm vs impact!

Our latest study Heather Futures, led by David Jarrett, reveals a shocking loss: Every year, we’re losing heather moorland habitat equal in size to the city of Birmingham. Read and download the full report on our website: heathertrust.co.uk

cat frampton different headlined ver in today’s Times paper (day after this govt consultation closed gov.uk/government/con…)

Even worse to come I fear, as peat depths are often measured using metal rods. Unfortunately, those rods easily push into the soft soil deposit often found underneath peat. The peat depth is therefore often over estimated. Even happens to experts but AI does not correct this!

What is wrong with this country?! A lot! The Labour Party UK Parliament UK Home Office tells parents their children should return to Brazil alone theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…

Peat! And it’s mapping… UPDATE: There is no update Yeah It’s still online, it’s still very badly wrong & I still haven’t heard a peep from anyone official about when it’s getting taken offline! Ah well, I guess for Natural England massive mistakes are just the way they roll!

This important paper passed under the media radar. It analyses a key indicator of the stability of the Atlantic ocean circulation #AMOC, in measured ocean data. It finds that most climate models get this wrong, and thus have an #AMOC that is too stable. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

I cannot see any positive outlook for the UK. Very frustrating to see AI being pushed with no clear impact assessment / regulation beforehand. Crazy! Number of new UK entry-level jobs has dived since ChatGPT launch – research theguardian.com/business/2025/…

Very interesting article on voting age. "Should we give babies the right to vote?" theguardian.com/books/2025/jun…

Landmark ruling in the Advisory Opinion by the ICJ on Climate Change. 1.5 degree C is legally the Planetary limit. All countries are legally obliged to comply. Even fossil-fuel subsidies can be illegal. States have duty to solve the planet crisis and can be held accountable.

Very happy about this new paper from our University of York SEI Research PeatTeam 🤠: rdcu.be/ezhzt Ever wondered how peatland carbon fluxes are limited under dark/foggy conditions 🌫️- do they provide robust light response models? Shining a light (LED) helps ! 🔦

Peatland-ES-UK University of York SEI Research paper on peatland (blanket bog) management. Nutrient levels in heather & cotton-grass over time after burning & cutting (young) vs unmanaged (old) heather: carbon & grazing The Heather Trust Defra Soils & Peat Natural England doi.org/10.1016/j.jenv…

Fresh off the press; Heather Beetle Outbreaks, my latest piece on #Northwestnatureandhistory #upland #ecology #moors #heather #beetles Moorland Association BASC Yorkshire Dales National Park Forest of Bowland National Landscape Peak District National Park Lake District northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/08/07/hea…