Wetland PhD studentships at the University of Manchester
Celebrating 200 years of research, the University of Manchester is seeking applicants for their prestigious Bicentenary PhD Scholarships.
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The Peat Café lunchtime lecture series: Mossfox (a creative collaboration)
Join Melanie Giles (University of Manchester) and Liz Ellis at the University of Glasgow for a 'Peat Café’ lunchtime lecture; Monday 6 May from 1-2pm.
The importance of peatlands in protecting urban areas in a warming world
Greater Manchester chosen as a global Resilience Hub for its policy and advocacy work on climate and disaster risk reduction by the Making Cities Resilient 2030 initiative.
Adoption of University of Cumbria PhD student’s carbon calculator brings national and international significance
This week University of Cumbria and Barker and Bland Ltd.’s innovative carbon calculator has been adopted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature UK Peatland Programme (IUCN UK PP)…
A tribute to Richard Payne
The IUCN UK Peatlands Programme team were all saddened to hear the shocking news about the death of Dr Richard Payne and our thoughts are with his family. He was killed while climbing in the…
Dartmoor’s peatlands preserve nationally and internationally important archaeological heritage
Recent excavations demonstrate the significance of Dartmoor’s past.
Please give 10 minutes of your time to help answer the question: Is palaeoecological research utilised in UK peatland restoration projects?
Jessica Gauld, a PhD student at the University of Manchester, is seeking participants to complete a short survey on the extent to which palaeoecological research is utilised in UK peatland…
Peat restoration and natural flood management
The Upland Environments Research Unit at the University of Manchester has been working closely with Moors for the Future Partnership over the last decade to produce an empirically grounded…
Microbial understanding of the resilience of peatland systems
A series of workshops amongst peatland scientists, practitioners and policy makers held at the University of Manchester has sought to capture the state of the art of peatland microbial…
My soul food
For Dave, the mosslands are not only a place to watch and record birds, but evoke childhood memories of watching wildlife with his father. Only ten miles away from Greater Manchester, he’s always…
My other world
Philip has been helping to restore Manchester Mosslands for twenty years, helping these rare wetlands to recover. He works in front of a computer most of the time, so he has always enjoyed the…
Species showcase: Large heath
This species showcase explores the large heath butterfly, its association with two iconic peatland species and the restoration and reintroduction efforts bringing this beautiful butterfly back to its former home in the Manchester mosslands.