Andy Baird

I have migrated to Bluesky. This account will remain, and I'll occasionally dip into X's content, but if you want to see my posts, please head over to Bluesky.

A postdoc opportunity for #PeatTwitter

@LandEthics @scribehound_ctr "There is an unwritten rule of the countryside that you will not know unless you ride any bike of any age and style: When you pass another cyclist on the open road you must wave and say *Eh Oop*"

@scribehound_ctr “There is an unwritten rule of the countryside that you will not know unless you ride an old motorbike of a certain age and style: When you pass another motorcyclist on the open road, you must wave.”

"There is an unwritten rule of the countryside that you will not know unless you drive a Land Rover of a certain age and style: When you pass another Land Rover on the open road, you must wave." Simon Reinhold writes on #ScribehoundCountryside

Interested in tropical peatlands? On 17-18 February, we have the first ever scientific conference on African peatlands, at the Royal Society in London. Free to attend+streamed online (w/ French subtitles). Register here: royalsociety.org/science-events…

I'm heading to Liverpool today for #BES2024 as part of the Peatland and Wetland Special Interest Group team. Come and say hi to me and @ScootJD to get involved in @BES_Peat #peatlands #wetlands

@AndreasHeinem If you have just four measurements a year I wouldn't try and estimate annual fluxes - too much scope for large errors. This might also explain your high inter-annual variation. There is a very real risk of misleading others. The old adage: 'Extraordinary results require ...'

@baird_andy Oh I know the paper :) we are thinking about how to model the fluxes. Not that easy when you consider the literature ... we normally measure seasonally but even monthly as for CEH resulted in very high emissions for those years.

#methane fluxes from 3 UK blanket bogs. Wet & Warm likely an issue. High CH4 emissions kicking in again this year (very wet and warm) especially at the wettest site (Mossdale). peatland-es-uk.york.ac.uk/home Even more concerning when using a GWP over 20-years (vs the usual 100-years).

@AndreasHeinem How often do you do flux chamber tests - what is the spread of tests through the year? I think I would always prefer modelling to using a mean or median. You've obviously see this: mires-and-peat.net/pages/volumes/…

@baird_andy Yes, I know, they are high, but not impossible and explained by higher pH and warm & wet conditions. CEH have found a very similar spike during those years. When we detect ebullition we repeat a measurements. Simple mean or median so far...models to be explored! 😎

Funded PhD scholarship available on peatland hydrology and carbon cycling. It will examine the impacts of windfarm disturbance and restoration techniques. Supervised by @catherinesmoody @nichollebell8 and I. Deadline = 8 January 2025 yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the-i…

Pleased to have been recognised as an oustanding reviewer by the American Geophysical Union.. eos.org/editors-vox/in… agu.org/honors/announc… Reviewing is one of those jobs nobody particularly likes but it makes an important contribution to our respective disciplines.

Reminder to register for our re-launch Zoom event a week today to find out more about what we have planned for the @BES_Peat special interest group! #PeatTwitter

Great to see our new open access paper out in Water Resources Research on how peatland restoration can reduce flood peaks arriving at towns downstream: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… @wateratleeds

We have a new paper on NPP in Peruvian peatlands, just published today: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gc… #PeatPaper #PeatTwitter @pashkito @KHRoucoux @SimonLLewis @EdMitchard @AdamHastie6 @kofitim @FCDraper

Extremely worrying. The importance of #wetlands such as this can't be understated. “The #Pantanal is like Noah’s Ark. It is home to animals that are disappearing … That could be about to change... The Pantanal... could soon cease to exist.” theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Hot of the press! Check out our new review paper developing a conceptual model of the complex release of toxic metals and metalloids from peatland fires! tinyurl.com/yh27uua3 #PeatTwitter #PeatFire

Pleased to see the first recipient of the @CIWEM award in the flood and coastal risk management sector named after my late wife (The Laura Baird Special Recognition Award): ciwem.org/news/ciwem-mem… Many congratulations to Sun Yan Evans!

The empirical work in this paper was completed in my 'garage lab' - my first #ShedScience paper!

New #PeatPaper 'The effect of wetting history, botanical composition and depth on the specific yield of two common types of bog peat' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hy… w/ @alicemmilner @peatbloke @sophie0682 #PeatTwitter

Results from my peaty "Grand Tour", where I collected 405 surface water samples from 52 to 63°N, showed how varied DOM composition can be, but also how DOM can be clustered to maximise DWT efficiency: doi.org/10.1016/j.watr… #PeatTwitter @wateratleeds @rbpmleeds

Super pleased that my first paper based on experiments in my garage 'lab' (#ShedScience) has been accepted for publication 🙂. The topic? The specific yield of peats. More to follow soon.