#wetlands — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #wetlands, aggregated by home.social.
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Climate WTAF as Dutch farmer, supported by Wageningen university, experiments with growing rice in North Sea country:
"Rice is an opportunity for this part of the world to adapt to climate change…
"But also to mitigate climate change because it stops this peat from degrading and emitting all the CO2 because you can keep it wet."
https://www.afp.com/en/rice-work-dutch-test-new-crop-save-sinking-peatlands
#Climate #Nederland #Netherlands #Agriculture #Farming #Food #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateCrisis #Wetlands
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Climate WTAF as Dutch farmer, supported by Wageningen university, experiments with growing rice in North Sea country:
"Rice is an opportunity for this part of the world to adapt to climate change…
"But also to mitigate climate change because it stops this peat from degrading and emitting all the CO2 because you can keep it wet."
https://www.afp.com/en/rice-work-dutch-test-new-crop-save-sinking-peatlands
#Climate #Nederland #Netherlands #Agriculture #Farming #Food #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateCrisis #Wetlands
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Climate WTAF as Dutch farmer, supported by Wageningen university, experiments with growing rice in North Sea country:
"Rice is an opportunity for this part of the world to adapt to climate change…
"But also to mitigate climate change because it stops this peat from degrading and emitting all the CO2 because you can keep it wet."
https://www.afp.com/en/rice-work-dutch-test-new-crop-save-sinking-peatlands
#Climate #Nederland #Netherlands #Agriculture #Farming #Food #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateCrisis #Wetlands
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Climate WTAF as Dutch farmer, supported by Wageningen university, experiments with growing rice in North Sea country:
"Rice is an opportunity for this part of the world to adapt to climate change…
"But also to mitigate climate change because it stops this peat from degrading and emitting all the CO2 because you can keep it wet."
https://www.afp.com/en/rice-work-dutch-test-new-crop-save-sinking-peatlands
#Climate #Nederland #Netherlands #Agriculture #Farming #Food #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateCrisis #Wetlands
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Spent the evening with the #microscope, got some nice shots of #VenusFlytrap digestive glands and trigger hairs. The red pigment on their leaf starts in the digestive glands and spreads outward. The glands are circular blobs. Mounted on cavity slides in water, lit from above.
#botany #microscopy #sciArt #photography #carnivorousPlants #gardening #goblinCore #bogWitch #nature #plants #wetlands
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Spent the evening with the #microscope, got some nice shots of #VenusFlytrap digestive glands and trigger hairs. The red pigment on their leaf starts in the digestive glands and spreads outward. The glands are circular blobs. Mounted on cavity slides in water, lit from above.
#botany #microscopy #sciArt #photography #carnivorousPlants #gardening #goblinCore #bogWitch #nature #plants #wetlands
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Spent the evening with the #microscope, got some nice shots of #VenusFlytrap digestive glands and trigger hairs. The red pigment on their leaf starts in the digestive glands and spreads outward. The glands are circular blobs. Mounted on cavity slides in water, lit from above.
#botany #microscopy #sciArt #photography #carnivorousPlants #gardening #goblinCore #bogWitch #nature #plants #wetlands
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Spent the evening with the #microscope, got some nice shots of #VenusFlytrap digestive glands and trigger hairs. The red pigment on their leaf starts in the digestive glands and spreads outward. The glands are circular blobs. Mounted on cavity slides in water, lit from above.
#botany #microscopy #sciArt #photography #carnivorousPlants #gardening #goblinCore #bogWitch #nature #plants #wetlands
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Wetland Snapshots
Here are some photos of just some of the birds I have been spotting over the winter months at Tamar Island Wetlands near Launceston, Tasmania.
Little Black Cormorant
Australian Shelduck
Black Fronted Dotterel
Welcome Swallow
Chestnut Teal
Grey Teal
Not sure if this is a grey teal or a female chestnut teal as it was by itself.
Pacific Gull
Black Swan
Royal Spoonbill
Superb Fairy Wren
The Tamar Island Wetlands is currently partially closed until sometime in December 2026. The visitor centre is still open as usual, and you can walk along the boardwalk to the bird hide, but the rest of the walkway is closed off while they repair two bridges and part of the walkway. It’s still worth a visit during this time as you can see quite a variety of birdlife just on the short walk to the hide. And remember to look up while you’re there, you can see swamp harriers, white bellied sea eagles and wedge tailed eagles flying overhead.
Until next time,
Sue
#australia #bird #duck #launceston #Nature #tasmania #teal #wetlands #wildlife #wren -
Wetland Snapshots
Here are some photos of just some of the birds I have been spotting over the winter months at Tamar Island Wetlands near Launceston, Tasmania.
Little Black Cormorant
Australian Shelduck
Black Fronted Dotterel
Welcome Swallow
Chestnut Teal
Grey Teal
Not sure if this is a grey teal or a female chestnut teal as it was by itself.
Pacific Gull
Black Swan
Royal Spoonbill
Superb Fairy Wren
The Tamar Island Wetlands is currently partially closed until sometime in December 2026. The visitor centre is still open as usual, and you can walk along the boardwalk to the bird hide, but the rest of the walkway is closed off while they repair two bridges and part of the walkway. It’s still worth a visit during this time as you can see quite a variety of birdlife just on the short walk to the hide. And remember to look up while you’re there, you can see swamp harriers, white bellied sea eagles and wedge tailed eagles flying overhead.
Until next time,
Sue
#australia #bird #duck #launceston #Nature #tasmania #teal #wetlands #wildlife #wren -
Wetland Snapshots
Here are some photos of just some of the birds I have been spotting over the winter months at Tamar Island Wetlands near Launceston, Tasmania.
Little Black Cormorant
Australian Shelduck
Black Fronted Dotterel
Welcome Swallow
Chestnut Teal
Grey Teal
Not sure if this is a grey teal or a female chestnut teal as it was by itself.
Pacific Gull
Black Swan
Royal Spoonbill
Superb Fairy Wren
The Tamar Island Wetlands is currently partially closed until sometime in December 2026. The visitor centre is still open as usual, and you can walk along the boardwalk to the bird hide, but the rest of the walkway is closed off while they repair two bridges and part of the walkway. It’s still worth a visit during this time as you can see quite a variety of birdlife just on the short walk to the hide. And remember to look up while you’re there, you can see swamp harriers, white bellied sea eagles and wedge tailed eagles flying overhead.
Until next time,
Sue
#australia #bird #duck #launceston #Nature #tasmania #teal #wetlands #wildlife #wren -
Wetland Snapshots
Here are some photos of just some of the birds I have been spotting over the winter months at Tamar Island Wetlands near Launceston, Tasmania.
Little Black Cormorant
Australian Shelduck
Black Fronted Dotterel
Welcome Swallow
Chestnut Teal
Grey Teal
Not sure if this is a grey teal or a female chestnut teal as it was by itself.
Pacific Gull
Black Swan
Royal Spoonbill
Superb Fairy Wren
The Tamar Island Wetlands is currently partially closed until sometime in December 2026. The visitor centre is still open as usual, and you can walk along the boardwalk to the bird hide, but the rest of the walkway is closed off while they repair two bridges and part of the walkway. It’s still worth a visit during this time as you can see quite a variety of birdlife just on the short walk to the hide. And remember to look up while you’re there, you can see swamp harriers, white bellied sea eagles and wedge tailed eagles flying overhead.
Until next time,
Sue
#australia #bird #duck #launceston #Nature #tasmania #teal #wetlands #wildlife #wren -
New Autumn Beauty
A few weeks ago, a tornado came through my favorite Homewood Izaak Walton Preserve, in Illinois, and I was finally able to make it there with my camera. It seems several trees have been knocked down and thus light that brings a new beauty of illumination to the wetlands. Here are a few pictures. Enjoy! A dirt path winds through a forested area, surrounded by dense trees. Sunlight peeks through the branches, creating a play of light and shadow on the ground. This scene has a new beauty to it, […]https://frankjcasella.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/new-autumn-beauty/
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New Autumn Beauty
A few weeks ago, a tornado came through my favorite Homewood Izaak Walton Preserve, in Illinois, and I was finally able to make it there with my camera. It seems several trees have been knocked down and thus light that brings a new beauty of illumination to the wetlands. Here are a few pictures. Enjoy! A dirt path winds through a forested area, surrounded by dense trees. Sunlight peeks through the branches, creating a play of light and shadow on the ground. This scene has a new beauty to it, […]https://frankjcasella.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/new-autumn-beauty/
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New Autumn Beauty
A few weeks ago, a tornado came through my favorite Homewood Izaak Walton Preserve, in Illinois, and I was finally able to make it there with my camera. It seems several trees have been knocked down and thus light that brings a new beauty of illumination to the wetlands. Here are a few pictures. Enjoy! A dirt path winds through a forested area, surrounded by dense trees. Sunlight peeks through the branches, creating a play of light and shadow on the ground. This scene has a new beauty to it, […]https://frankjcasella.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/new-autumn-beauty/
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New Autumn Beauty
A few weeks ago, a tornado came through my favorite Homewood Izaak Walton Preserve, in Illinois, and I was finally able to make it there with my camera. It seems several trees have been knocked down and thus light that brings a new beauty of illumination to the wetlands. Here are a few pictures. Enjoy! A dirt path winds through a forested area, surrounded by dense trees. Sunlight peeks through the branches, creating a play of light and shadow on the ground. This scene has a new beauty to it, […]https://frankjcasella.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/new-autumn-beauty/
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Good news to read.
"Called National Trust Sandilands, this Lincolnshire fairway was bought by the Trust in 2020.
Workers dug up space for a new wetland ecosystem stretching across the equivalent of 45 football fields—none of which will ever see a drop of pesticide or public water again."
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/coastal-golf-course-turned-into-vital-wetland-habitat-for-seabirds/
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Good news to read.
"Called National Trust Sandilands, this Lincolnshire fairway was bought by the Trust in 2020.
Workers dug up space for a new wetland ecosystem stretching across the equivalent of 45 football fields—none of which will ever see a drop of pesticide or public water again."
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/coastal-golf-course-turned-into-vital-wetland-habitat-for-seabirds/
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Good news to read.
"Called National Trust Sandilands, this Lincolnshire fairway was bought by the Trust in 2020.
Workers dug up space for a new wetland ecosystem stretching across the equivalent of 45 football fields—none of which will ever see a drop of pesticide or public water again."
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/coastal-golf-course-turned-into-vital-wetland-habitat-for-seabirds/
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Good news to read.
"Called National Trust Sandilands, this Lincolnshire fairway was bought by the Trust in 2020.
Workers dug up space for a new wetland ecosystem stretching across the equivalent of 45 football fields—none of which will ever see a drop of pesticide or public water again."
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/coastal-golf-course-turned-into-vital-wetland-habitat-for-seabirds/
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River reconfiguration plans for Arnos Park axed by council
The previous Labour administration had wanted to restore a more “natural” course for Pymmes Brook but hundreds of…
#London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Enfield #ArnosGrove #ArnosPark #ConservativeParty #EnfieldCouncil #environment #parks #wetlands
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https://www.europesays.com/gbr/london/33127/ River reconfiguration plans for Arnos Park axed by council #ArnosGrove #ArnosPark #ConservativeParty #Enfield #EnfieldCouncil #environment #parks #wetlands
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From the archive: “Fog, Tree, And Pond” — A tree reflected in a wetland pond in dawn tule fog, San Joaquin Valley.
https://gdanmitchell.com/2018/02/01/fog-tree-and-pond/
#centralvalley #fog #wetlands #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature
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From the archive: “Fog, Tree, And Pond” — A tree reflected in a wetland pond in dawn tule fog, San Joaquin Valley.
https://gdanmitchell.com/2018/02/01/fog-tree-and-pond/
#centralvalley #fog #wetlands #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature
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From the archive: “Fog, Tree, And Pond” — A tree reflected in a wetland pond in dawn tule fog, San Joaquin Valley.
https://gdanmitchell.com/2018/02/01/fog-tree-and-pond/
#centralvalley #fog #wetlands #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature
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From the archive: “Fog, Tree, And Pond” — A tree reflected in a wetland pond in dawn tule fog, San Joaquin Valley.
https://gdanmitchell.com/2018/02/01/fog-tree-and-pond/
#centralvalley #fog #wetlands #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature
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From the archive: “Fog, Tree, And Pond” — A tree reflected in a wetland pond in dawn tule fog, San Joaquin Valley.
https://gdanmitchell.com/2018/02/01/fog-tree-and-pond/
#centralvalley #fog #wetlands #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature
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How Far Does Water Travel When Peatlands Are Rewetted? A New Model Reveals The Answer
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https://scienmag.com/how-far-does-water-travel-when-peatlands-are-rewetted-a-new-model-reveals-the-answer/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-026-03173-5 <-- shared paper
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https://www.peatcarbon.lu.lv/fileadmin/user_upload/lu_portal/peatcarbon.lu.lv/LIFE_PeatCarbon_2ndAnnualMonitoringReport_Finland.pdf <-- shared technical article / ‘progress report’
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https://eos.org/articles/restored-peatlands-could-become-carbon-sinks-within-decades <-- shared EOS technical article
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https://finland.fi/life-society/peatland-restoration-strengthens-finlands-biodiversity/ <-- shared ‘this is FINLAND’ technical media article
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H/T @omar Ashraf Nimr | Doctoral Researcher | Eco-Hydrogeology | Water Resources Enthusiast | Lifelong Learner and Educator
“Deep beneath the seemingly still surface of the world’s peatlands lies one of the planet’s most consequential plumbing systems. These waterlogged landscapes cover only about three percent of the global land surface, yet they store more carbon than all terrestrial biomass combined. When they are drained for forestry, agriculture, or peat extraction, the falling water table exposes ancient organic matter to oxygen, accelerating decomposition and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Estimates suggest that every centimetre of water-table decline adds roughly 0.3 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per hectare per year, a relationship that has transformed many drained peatlands from net carbon sinks into persistent carbon sources. Rewetting through ditch blocking and damming has therefore become a cornerstone of climate mitigation policy, enshrined in initiatives such as the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the European Union’s legally binding Nature Restoration Law. But a fundamental question has haunted restoration practitioners for decades: when you block a ditch, how far does the benefit actually spread?...”
“A new study [link above] offers the most mechanistically complete answer yet. [T]he research used a fully integrated three-dimensional physics-based model called HydroGeoSphere to simulate how rewetting propagates through a boreal fen… Unlike the sparse point measurements that dominate conventional restoration assessments, the model resolved water-table dynamics across the entire 224-hectare mire and its 556-hectare headwater catchment at daily resolution over a full hydrological year, generating millions of spatially explicit data points that no field campaign could ever collect…”
#borealfen #carbonemissions #climatechange #mitigation #peatland #restoration #ditchblocking #ditch #engineered #ecosystem #ecosystemrestoration #policy #planning# waterflow #water #hydrology #Finland #Matorovasuo #Kittilä #Arctic #globalcarboncycle #carboncycle #groundwater #model #modeling #hydrogeology #HydroGeoSphere #hydrology #water #hydogeomorphology #hydrologicalmodeling #rewetted #wetlands #peat #hydroorganic #gegetation #decomposition #carbonstorage #carbonrelease #watertable #dynamics #variogram #geomorphology #hydrogeomorphology #mire #peat #spatialanalysis #geology #soils #restoration #habitat #model #modeling -
How Far Does Water Travel When Peatlands Are Rewetted? A New Model Reveals The Answer
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https://scienmag.com/how-far-does-water-travel-when-peatlands-are-rewetted-a-new-model-reveals-the-answer/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-026-03173-5 <-- shared paper
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https://www.peatcarbon.lu.lv/fileadmin/user_upload/lu_portal/peatcarbon.lu.lv/LIFE_PeatCarbon_2ndAnnualMonitoringReport_Finland.pdf <-- shared technical article / ‘progress report’
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https://eos.org/articles/restored-peatlands-could-become-carbon-sinks-within-decades <-- shared EOS technical article
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https://finland.fi/life-society/peatland-restoration-strengthens-finlands-biodiversity/ <-- shared ‘this is FINLAND’ technical media article
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H/T @omar Ashraf Nimr | Doctoral Researcher | Eco-Hydrogeology | Water Resources Enthusiast | Lifelong Learner and Educator
“Deep beneath the seemingly still surface of the world’s peatlands lies one of the planet’s most consequential plumbing systems. These waterlogged landscapes cover only about three percent of the global land surface, yet they store more carbon than all terrestrial biomass combined. When they are drained for forestry, agriculture, or peat extraction, the falling water table exposes ancient organic matter to oxygen, accelerating decomposition and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Estimates suggest that every centimetre of water-table decline adds roughly 0.3 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per hectare per year, a relationship that has transformed many drained peatlands from net carbon sinks into persistent carbon sources. Rewetting through ditch blocking and damming has therefore become a cornerstone of climate mitigation policy, enshrined in initiatives such as the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the European Union’s legally binding Nature Restoration Law. But a fundamental question has haunted restoration practitioners for decades: when you block a ditch, how far does the benefit actually spread?...”
“A new study [link above] offers the most mechanistically complete answer yet. [T]he research used a fully integrated three-dimensional physics-based model called HydroGeoSphere to simulate how rewetting propagates through a boreal fen… Unlike the sparse point measurements that dominate conventional restoration assessments, the model resolved water-table dynamics across the entire 224-hectare mire and its 556-hectare headwater catchment at daily resolution over a full hydrological year, generating millions of spatially explicit data points that no field campaign could ever collect…”
#borealfen #carbonemissions #climatechange #mitigation #peatland #restoration #ditchblocking #ditch #engineered #ecosystem #ecosystemrestoration #policy #planning #waterflow #water #hydrology #Finland #Matorovasuo #Kittilä #Arctic #globalcarboncycle #carboncycle #groundwater #model #modeling #hydrogeology #HydroGeoSphere #hydrology #water #hydogeomorphology #hydrologicalmodeling #rewetted #wetlands #peat #hydroorganic #gegetation #decomposition #carbonstorage #carbonrelease #watertable #dynamics #variogram #geomorphology #hydrogeomorphology #mire #peat #spatialanalysis #geology #soils #restoration #habitat #model #modeling -
How Far Does Water Travel When Peatlands Are Rewetted? A New Model Reveals The Answer
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https://scienmag.com/how-far-does-water-travel-when-peatlands-are-rewetted-a-new-model-reveals-the-answer/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-026-03173-5 <-- shared paper
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https://www.peatcarbon.lu.lv/fileadmin/user_upload/lu_portal/peatcarbon.lu.lv/LIFE_PeatCarbon_2ndAnnualMonitoringReport_Finland.pdf <-- shared technical article / ‘progress report’
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https://eos.org/articles/restored-peatlands-could-become-carbon-sinks-within-decades <-- shared EOS technical article
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https://finland.fi/life-society/peatland-restoration-strengthens-finlands-biodiversity/ <-- shared ‘this is FINLAND’ technical media article
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H/T @omar Ashraf Nimr | Doctoral Researcher | Eco-Hydrogeology | Water Resources Enthusiast | Lifelong Learner and Educator
“Deep beneath the seemingly still surface of the world’s peatlands lies one of the planet’s most consequential plumbing systems. These waterlogged landscapes cover only about three percent of the global land surface, yet they store more carbon than all terrestrial biomass combined. When they are drained for forestry, agriculture, or peat extraction, the falling water table exposes ancient organic matter to oxygen, accelerating decomposition and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Estimates suggest that every centimetre of water-table decline adds roughly 0.3 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per hectare per year, a relationship that has transformed many drained peatlands from net carbon sinks into persistent carbon sources. Rewetting through ditch blocking and damming has therefore become a cornerstone of climate mitigation policy, enshrined in initiatives such as the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the European Union’s legally binding Nature Restoration Law. But a fundamental question has haunted restoration practitioners for decades: when you block a ditch, how far does the benefit actually spread?...”
“A new study [link above] offers the most mechanistically complete answer yet. [T]he research used a fully integrated three-dimensional physics-based model called HydroGeoSphere to simulate how rewetting propagates through a boreal fen… Unlike the sparse point measurements that dominate conventional restoration assessments, the model resolved water-table dynamics across the entire 224-hectare mire and its 556-hectare headwater catchment at daily resolution over a full hydrological year, generating millions of spatially explicit data points that no field campaign could ever collect…”
#borealfen #carbonemissions #climatechange #mitigation #peatland #restoration #ditchblocking #ditch #engineered #ecosystem #ecosystemrestoration #policy #planning #waterflow #water #hydrology #Finland #Matorovasuo #Kittilä #Arctic #globalcarboncycle #carboncycle #groundwater #model #modeling #hydrogeology #HydroGeoSphere #hydrology #water #hydogeomorphology #hydrologicalmodeling #rewetted #wetlands #peat #hydroorganic #gegetation #decomposition #carbonstorage #carbonrelease #watertable #dynamics #variogram #geomorphology #hydrogeomorphology #mire #peat #spatialanalysis #geology #soils #restoration #habitat #model #modeling -
How Far Does Water Travel When Peatlands Are Rewetted? A New Model Reveals The Answer
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https://scienmag.com/how-far-does-water-travel-when-peatlands-are-rewetted-a-new-model-reveals-the-answer/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-026-03173-5 <-- shared paper
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https://www.peatcarbon.lu.lv/fileadmin/user_upload/lu_portal/peatcarbon.lu.lv/LIFE_PeatCarbon_2ndAnnualMonitoringReport_Finland.pdf <-- shared technical article / ‘progress report’
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https://eos.org/articles/restored-peatlands-could-become-carbon-sinks-within-decades <-- shared EOS technical article
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https://finland.fi/life-society/peatland-restoration-strengthens-finlands-biodiversity/ <-- shared ‘this is FINLAND’ technical media article
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H/T @omar Ashraf Nimr | Doctoral Researcher | Eco-Hydrogeology | Water Resources Enthusiast | Lifelong Learner and Educator
“Deep beneath the seemingly still surface of the world’s peatlands lies one of the planet’s most consequential plumbing systems. These waterlogged landscapes cover only about three percent of the global land surface, yet they store more carbon than all terrestrial biomass combined. When they are drained for forestry, agriculture, or peat extraction, the falling water table exposes ancient organic matter to oxygen, accelerating decomposition and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Estimates suggest that every centimetre of water-table decline adds roughly 0.3 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per hectare per year, a relationship that has transformed many drained peatlands from net carbon sinks into persistent carbon sources. Rewetting through ditch blocking and damming has therefore become a cornerstone of climate mitigation policy, enshrined in initiatives such as the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the European Union’s legally binding Nature Restoration Law. But a fundamental question has haunted restoration practitioners for decades: when you block a ditch, how far does the benefit actually spread?...”
“A new study [link above] offers the most mechanistically complete answer yet. [T]he research used a fully integrated three-dimensional physics-based model called HydroGeoSphere to simulate how rewetting propagates through a boreal fen… Unlike the sparse point measurements that dominate conventional restoration assessments, the model resolved water-table dynamics across the entire 224-hectare mire and its 556-hectare headwater catchment at daily resolution over a full hydrological year, generating millions of spatially explicit data points that no field campaign could ever collect…”
#borealfen #carbonemissions #climatechange #mitigation #peatland #restoration #ditchblocking #ditch #engineered #ecosystem #ecosystemrestoration #policy #planning #waterflow #water #hydrology #Finland #Matorovasuo #Kittilä #Arctic #globalcarboncycle #carboncycle #groundwater #model #modeling #hydrogeology #HydroGeoSphere #hydrology #water #hydogeomorphology #hydrologicalmodeling #rewetted #wetlands #peat #hydroorganic #gegetation #decomposition #carbonstorage #carbonrelease #watertable #dynamics #variogram #geomorphology #hydrogeomorphology #mire #peat #spatialanalysis #geology #soils #restoration #habitat #model #modeling -
How Far Does Water Travel When Peatlands Are Rewetted? A New Model Reveals The Answer
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https://scienmag.com/how-far-does-water-travel-when-peatlands-are-rewetted-a-new-model-reveals-the-answer/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-026-03173-5 <-- shared paper
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https://www.peatcarbon.lu.lv/fileadmin/user_upload/lu_portal/peatcarbon.lu.lv/LIFE_PeatCarbon_2ndAnnualMonitoringReport_Finland.pdf <-- shared technical article / ‘progress report’
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https://eos.org/articles/restored-peatlands-could-become-carbon-sinks-within-decades <-- shared EOS technical article
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https://finland.fi/life-society/peatland-restoration-strengthens-finlands-biodiversity/ <-- shared ‘this is FINLAND’ technical media article
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H/T @omar Ashraf Nimr | Doctoral Researcher | Eco-Hydrogeology | Water Resources Enthusiast | Lifelong Learner and Educator
“Deep beneath the seemingly still surface of the world’s peatlands lies one of the planet’s most consequential plumbing systems. These waterlogged landscapes cover only about three percent of the global land surface, yet they store more carbon than all terrestrial biomass combined. When they are drained for forestry, agriculture, or peat extraction, the falling water table exposes ancient organic matter to oxygen, accelerating decomposition and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Estimates suggest that every centimetre of water-table decline adds roughly 0.3 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per hectare per year, a relationship that has transformed many drained peatlands from net carbon sinks into persistent carbon sources. Rewetting through ditch blocking and damming has therefore become a cornerstone of climate mitigation policy, enshrined in initiatives such as the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the European Union’s legally binding Nature Restoration Law. But a fundamental question has haunted restoration practitioners for decades: when you block a ditch, how far does the benefit actually spread?...”
“A new study [link above] offers the most mechanistically complete answer yet. [T]he research used a fully integrated three-dimensional physics-based model called HydroGeoSphere to simulate how rewetting propagates through a boreal fen… Unlike the sparse point measurements that dominate conventional restoration assessments, the model resolved water-table dynamics across the entire 224-hectare mire and its 556-hectare headwater catchment at daily resolution over a full hydrological year, generating millions of spatially explicit data points that no field campaign could ever collect…”
#borealfen #carbonemissions #climatechange #mitigation #peatland #restoration #ditchblocking #ditch #engineered #ecosystem #ecosystemrestoration #policy #planning #waterflow #water #hydrology #Finland #Matorovasuo #Kittilä #Arctic #globalcarboncycle #carboncycle #groundwater #model #modeling #hydrogeology #HydroGeoSphere #hydrology #water #hydogeomorphology #hydrologicalmodeling #rewetted #wetlands #peat #hydroorganic #gegetation #decomposition #carbonstorage #carbonrelease #watertable #dynamics #variogram #geomorphology #hydrogeomorphology #mire #peat #spatialanalysis #geology #soils #restoration #habitat #model #modeling -
Some places in Mexico, like Sabancuy Campeche, have flooding savannahs where several animal species use plants to feed, breed and move. Here you can see a pond full of Nymphea ampla, a floating plant that allows frogs, serrated casquehead and jacanas to move across different areas and sunbathe.
#nature #wilderness #wetlands #plants #biodiversity #conservation #mexico #campeche #water -
Some places in Mexico, like Sabancuy Campeche, have flooding savannahs where several animal species use plants to feed, breed and move. Here you can see a pond full of Nymphea ampla, a floating plant that allows frogs, serrated casquehead and jacanas to move across different areas and sunbathe.
#nature #wilderness #wetlands #plants #biodiversity #conservation #mexico #campeche #water -
Some places in Mexico, like Sabancuy Campeche, have flooding savannahs where several animal species use plants to feed, breed and move. Here you can see a pond full of Nymphea ampla, a floating plant that allows frogs, serrated casquehead and jacanas to move across different areas and sunbathe.
#nature #wilderness #wetlands #plants #biodiversity #conservation #mexico #campeche #water -
Some places in Mexico, like Sabancuy Campeche, have flooding savannahs where several animal species use plants to feed, breed and move. Here you can see a pond full of Nymphea ampla, a floating plant that allows frogs, serrated casquehead and jacanas to move across different areas and sunbathe.
#nature #wilderness #wetlands #plants #biodiversity #conservation #mexico #campeche #water