🚨The 1st meeting of University of St Andrews STAIRS funded #Biodiversity #Interdisciplinary Community Hub (BIRCH) will be in St Andrews on 28th Feb. Sign up to join & apply for the first research workshop by 12th Feb. Althea Davies Lydia Cole Further details in form. forms.office.com/pages/response…

New #paper out today on the Journal of Quaternary Science today, looking at the “Influence of flooding variability in the development of an Amazonian peatland”! Proud to finally share some of the results from my #PhD !! Many thanks to all the co-authors. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

Glad to be part of the St Andrews Geography & SD team working on the history of this lowland raised bog. Curious that lint holes have become a positive industrial legacy through their ability to act as wet Sphagnum reservoirs

“Rampant afforestation threatens biodiversity and livelihoods, with questionable benefits to carbon storage

The narrative of landscape degradation is often applied without considering the history of the landscape” cell.com/trends/ecology…

#palaeo people: are you thinking of outdoor work on an indoor weather day? Here's a #PhD in the wonderful Scottish Highlands to consider...

Please add your voice to the call to action to include culture and heritage in climate action

NEW! A range of new PhD opportunities from the School of Geography & Sustainable Development St Andrews Geography & SD at University of St Andrews

⏰ Application deadlines starting from Mon 20 November 2023.

Full details: st-andrews.ac.uk/geography-sust…

I wonder what my Head of School would say if I led a field trip in similar fashion... Knitting, that is, not committing to skirt & heels.

PhD position in palaeoecology/ global change ecology in Bergen with myself and John-Arvid Grytnes! Deadline 1.11. Please share!
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Great career development opportunity in archaeology

We're talking about our recent report on the indirect drivers of biodiversity loss on this podcast. Not enough to try and manage better, really need to address the unsustainability of the current socio-economic system.

Allotment tales: food for all! Meet the compost frog & small flock of red admirals

Diplomatically put, as ever - but another court case looks on the cards …

A somewhat wet day out at Mar Lodge Estate to talk about cultural and natural heritage is worth playing email catchup for. Thanks Daniel Rhodes NTS Archaeologist and Caroline Stanton Cairngorms National Park for organising

What better partner to dung indicators than...

Estoy aprendiendo como utilizar imágenes satélites con los alumnos en Sechura, gracias a nuestra profesora Tania Mendo y Prisma ONG #elniño

Lowland raised bog experiment: a year after initial work, bunds are holding a bit of moisture, but a long way to go before the trajectory is clear as plenty of birch regeneration. #BankheadMoss Scottish Wildlife Trust Peatland ACTION

Allotment tales: finally time to hunt the climbing beans

Allotment tales: apparently my beetroot is very nice - that's my interpretation of the absence of roots, anyway. At least the sweetpeas are doing well #spacefornature

A pleasure to see pollen mapping by Willem Koster in Mark Houghton's talk on #antheaheathlands Mette Lovschal Richard Streeter