AUGER Project is an @EPAResearchNews funded project investigating the peatland properties influencing greenhouse gas emissions and removals @Flo_RenouWilson
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Auger Project retweeted
17 Oct 2022
9. And recent work by @ProjectAuger estimates that Irish peatlands store a staggering 2.2 billion tonnes of carbon. However, less than 15% of Irish peatlands are in near-natural state, and the area actively sequestering carbon is likely to be even less.
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Auger Project retweeted
16 Aug 2022
Robust results from 5 years monitoring confirms that rewetting drained bogs 1) reduce C emissions 2) establish optimal conditions for C sequestration & 3) set the site on a climate cooling trajectory.
Funded by @EPAIreland @ProjectAuger
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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2 Feb 2022
The AUGER report is out just in time to celebrate #WorldWetlandsDay2022
Irish bogs are the main subclass of wetlands in Ireland
--> 1ha of near intact raised bog store 3000 tonnes of carbon
We need to keep this carbon locked up as well as bring back clean water and biodiversity
18 Jan 2022
There’s no bog standard in peatland restoration
New EPA Research report available now: bit.ly/33vcnir
Watch the project highlights: bit.ly/3fAsail
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Auger Project retweeted
29 Apr 2021
Delighted to be presenting today at #vEGU21 😄
EGU21-1871 | vPICO presentations | BG3.8 | Thu, 29 Apr
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Auger Project retweeted
6 Oct 2020
The final version of our paper is now available online
@APremrov @flo_renouwilson @matts20000 @peatyGHG
@JYeluripati @ProjectAuger
doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.…
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6 Oct 2020
JUST PUBLISHED: Development of new drainage factor for an improved ECOSSE water table simulation approach for modelling CO2 fluxes from drained and rewetted peatlands
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Co-authors @peatyGHG, @matts20000, @JYeluripati & @flo_renouwilson
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24 Jul 2020
Happy bog day this Sunday 26th July!
24 Jul 2020
Plant Heroes of #Peatlands: The ecotope survey maps the presence and combination of sphagnum species, liverworts, lichens and other vascular plants to determine active raised bog @npwsBioData @forum_wetlands @LIFEraisedbogs @Eurosite @CarePeat @irishrurallink @HeritageHubIRE
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25 Jun 2020
25 Jun 2020
Good to see big French garden supplier @castorama_fr
getting behind the no-peat compost!
@Homebase_uk
@B&Q_
@WoodiesIreland
@PeatlandConserv
@TheFayEdwards
11 May 2020
Nor forgetting the pollution of water ways as carbon and ammonia are being pumped out of those boggy field into streams and drinking water supply :-(
7 May 2020
This week #EGU20 we presented provisional results from the @ProjectAuger with our postdoc @APremrov gave insights into peatland biogeochemical modelling of CO2 using ECOSSE process based model. Our PhD Kilian Walz uncovered the factors affecting carbon stocks in Irish peatlands
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Auger Project retweeted
8 Feb 2020
Natural regeneration of tropical #peatlands is possible! #Birds and #mammals disperse thousands of #seeds!
What do we do? - Identify and protect remaining forest patches, block canals in these patches, let nature do its thing!
bit.ly/2w0Gm0B
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29 Jan 2020
Congratulations @Rosie10358
24 Jan 2020
A step closer to managing grassland to reduce GHG emissions: our paper is one of the first studies demonstrating manipulation of C:N:P ratio can reduce N2O emissions from grasslands. Well done Rosie O'Neill for a first PhD paper @UCDSBES
@TeagascEnviron
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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27 Jan 2020
Great 3 min video explaining the impacts of draining peatland on carbon emissions, hydrologoy and peat structure thanks to @IUCNpeat @RichardLindsa16 @EPAResearchNews
youtu.be/DUFqrN1dxjU
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23 Jan 2020
Widespread drying of European peatlands... could this vast carbon stock be under threat?
nature.com/articles/s41561-0…
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Auger Project retweeted
23 Jan 2020
Very interesting PhD topic on peat mining as an unwritten chapter in the fossil fuel age with a fantastic environmental historian
Considering a PhD in EnvHist? Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities seeks applicants for fully-funded 4-year award to start a PhD related to the project: ‘Peat mining as an unwritten chapter in the fossil fuel age’ led by Dr Katja Bruisch.
Info: histories-humanities.tcd.ie/…
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Auger Project retweeted
4 Dec 2019
#WorldSoilDay tomorrow 5 Dec, peatlands is our biggest store of carbon also in Ireland; From the atmosphere perspective, locking it in is just as good as trying to plant trees somewhere else. theguardian.com/environment/…
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3 Dec 2019
5 Dec is #WorldSoilDay. No #soil = no food, no carbon sink, no ecosystem services, no life, no future.
Wet #peatlands soil = better chance to reduce climate chaos; cleaner air; more ecosystem services, better future
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12 Nov 2019
Tune in tonight Tuesday 9.35pm @ RTEONE for Hot Air: Ireland’s #ClimateCrisis” where @boucherhayes and @flo_renouwilson will be discussing the potential of peatlands to lock in carbon and mitigate climate change #KeepItInTheGround #Peatlands
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30 Oct 2019
Drained peat soils are a worldwide problem. German drained organic soils emit more than 55 Mt CO2-eq. per year. This is equivalent to around 6.6% of the national GHG emissions in 2014.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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