Auger Project

AUGER Project is an @EPAResearchNews funded project investigating the peatland properties influencing greenhouse gas emissions and removals @Flo_RenouWilson

[Ireland's Environmentalists @IrelandsEnviro]

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.
https://t.co/TBt9WNuGR1

[Flo Renou-Wilson 🔕 @flo_renouwilson]

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

https://t.co/H0ipSBCTx3

@EPAResearchNews

[Auger Project @ProjectAuger]

https://t.co/jNr2CKITEy

[Auger Project @ProjectAuger]

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

[EPA Research News @EPAResearchNews]

There’s no bog standard in peatland restoration

New EPA Research report available now: https://t.co/Qx0ZrMn5HR

Watch the project highlights: https://t.co/paRPEvZN53

[Alina Premrov @APremrov]

Delighted to be presenting today at #vEGU21 😄
EGU21-1871 | vPICO presentations | BG3.8 | Thu, 29 Apr

[Alina Premrov @APremrov]

The final version of our paper is now available online
@APremrov @flo_renouwilson @matts20000 @peatyGHG
@JYeluripati @ProjectAuger

https://t.co/aT6MPaNjJP

[Auger Project @ProjectAuger]

JUST PUBLISHED: Development of new drainage factor for an improved ECOSSE water table simulation approach for modelling CO2 fluxes from drained and rewetted peatlands

https://t.co/t6uFrpamJn

Co-authors @peatyGHG, @matts20000, @JYeluripati & @flo_renouwilson
@EPAResearchNews

[Auger Project @ProjectAuger]

Happy bog day this Sunday 26th July!

[Abbeyleix Bog @abbeyleixbog]

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

[Auger Project @ProjectAuger]

#PeatTwitter

[Flo Renou-Wilson 🔕 @flo_renouwilson]

Good to see big French garden supplier @castorama_fr
getting behind the no-peat compost!

@Homebase_uk
@B&Q_
@WoodiesIreland
@PeatlandConserv
@TheFayEdwards

[Auger Project @ProjectAuger]

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 :-(

[Auger Project @ProjectAuger]

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

[Dr Sara Thornton @sarathornton.bsky.social @Thornton_SA]

Great new paper! Have a read and share #peat #peatlandsmatter #PeatTwitter

[Auger Project @ProjectAuger]

Congratulations @Rosie10358

[Flo Renou-Wilson 🔕 @flo_renouwilson]

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
https://t.co/quZqL3VwSz

[Auger Project @ProjectAuger]

Great 3 min video explaining the impacts of draining peatland on carbon emissions, hydrologoy and peat structure thanks to @IUCNpeat @RichardLindsa16 @EPAResearchNews
https://t.co/btpmlsLrHF

[Auger Project @ProjectAuger]

Widespread drying of European peatlands... could this vast carbon stock be under threat?
https://t.co/8TY3jVVpU4

[Flo Renou-Wilson 🔕 @flo_renouwilson]

Very interesting PhD topic on peat mining as an unwritten chapter in the fossil fuel age with a fantastic environmental historian

[Flo Renou-Wilson 🔕 @flo_renouwilson]

#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. https://t.co/vRsQjMvRDZ

[Auger Project @ProjectAuger]

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

@EPAResearchNews
@UCDEarth

[Auger Project @ProjectAuger]

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
@EPAResearchNews

[Auger Project @ProjectAuger]

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.
https://t.co/moAJTTEmpg