Swamp Project

SWAMP: Strategies to improve Water quality from Managed Peatlands ; funded by @EPAResearchNews; Lead PI: @Flo_RenouWilson

[Swamp Project @SWAMP_Project]

Congrats to the amazing Dr @MozafariBehzad who successfully passed his PhD viva in @UCDEngArch
with supervisors @fiachraol and Prof. Michael Bruen; thanks to the fantastic peatland hydrologist Michel Bechtold @peatfunc acting as External Examiner.
@EPAResearchNews

[Swamp Project @SWAMP_Project]

The science of rewetting peat soils with Dr Flo Renou-Wilson at workshop hosted by @birdwatch
https://t.co/edB0SNWFuK

[UCD Earth Institute @UCDEarth]

Final short talk by Mary Kelly-Quinn (@UCDSBES) on Informing policy + practice to protect Ireland’s freshwaters and her work with Citizens Assembly on Biodiversity Loss (@CitizAssembly) + 18 key messages informed by her #CitizenScience work + research

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[Swamp Project @SWAMP_Project]

Our post-doc Dr Lipe Mendes presented early results of water quality dynamics from an extracted #bog demonstrating harmful effluents and little effect of pond treatment on water quality; see poster on our website:

https://t.co/csl0mq16s8

@EPAResearchNews
@EPACatchments

[Swamp Project @SWAMP_Project]

@MozafariBehzad presented at the @EuroGeosciences his comparison study for choosing suitable hydrological models to predict restoration measures of Irish peatlands.

@EPAResearchNews
@fiachraol @flo_renouwilson
@LIFEraisedbogs

Abstract 👇
https://t.co/IAjEr8I540

[Swamp Project @SWAMP_Project]

A new dawn for Irish peatlands? Proper management could have big impact on carbon emissions
@EPAResearchNews
https://t.co/fOIm8Hx39t

[Swamp Project @SWAMP_Project]

@EPAcatchment
@IrishWater
#PeatTwitter

[Flo Renou-Wilson 🔕 @flo_renouwilson]

Troubled waters: our latest @SWAMP_Project paper presents a snapshot of the quality of streams in the Irish midlands, known for its historical expanse of raised bogs, most affected by peat extraction.
@EPAResearchNews
@CPschenyckyj
@watersmatter
https://t.co/7jrCgZter1

[Swamp Project @SWAMP_Project]

Well done to our SWAMP researcher @MozafariBehzad on his publication on #peatland dynamics: A review of process-based models and approaches

@EPAResearchNews

[Behzad Mozafari @MozafariBehzad]

Check out our recent publication on #FAIRScience and #CommunityModelling in #PeatlandResearch!

[Swamp Project @SWAMP_Project]

On #WorldWaterDay, let's shine the light on how a sustainable management of peatlands can help with poor water quality, scarcity and biota loss.
Let's clean up our act, stop peatland degradation for the benefits of all.

[Fiachra O'Loughlin @fiachraol]

Excellent work from my PhD student @MozafariBehzad and his first paper too.

[EPA Research News @EPAResearchNews]

EPA-funded @FlowEcology are looking for citizen scientists to take water level measurements from Irish rivers in 2023.

See below for more info #EPAIrelandResearch

[Dr. Kate Flood @irishboglife]

Ecological livelihoods, restoration economies and small-scale transformational change. Community groups are constructing futures, building livelihoods & managing peatlands in diverse ways that contribute to social AND ecological resilience #PeatTwitter A🧵 https://t.co/VHD3HwggRr

[Swamp Project @SWAMP_Project]

Peatland drainage and extraction provide several serious challenges to aquatic life: increased mortality, reduced richness, behavioural changes, habitat alterations and changes in community structure!
See more in latest article👇
@EPAResearchNews

https://t.co/PA5Dr5iEhH

[Swamp Project @SWAMP_Project]

Excellent infographic on how water is managed in Ireland in this newsletter!

[The Water Forum - An Fóram Uisce @AnForamUisce]

Our Autumn Newsletter is available now, find out about our new Strategic Plan and the recent Water Conservation workshop @SarahECotterill @nfgws @IrishWater @EPACatchments @DCUWater @WatersProgramme @DeptHousingIRL @swanireland

https://t.co/yS0tJ0hxsf

[Swamp Project @SWAMP_Project]

Peat still a significant pressure (higher than Industry!) on water qality of water bodies in Ireland!
Check out latest report:
👇

[EPA Ireland @EPAIreland]

Our latest ‘Water Quality in Ireland Report 2016-2021’ shows that Ireland’s surface waters and groundwaters remain under pressure from human activity. Nearly half (46%) of our rivers, lakes, estuaries and coastal waters are not in satisfactory condition. 🔗https://t.co/pmcekWHG77

[Central Statistics Office Ireland @CSOIreland]

Cork, Donegal and Mayo account for more than 30% of river ecosystems in Ireland

https://t.co/FQqphbsFHU

#CSOIreland #Ireland #Environment #Energy #EnvironmentalSubsidies #EnvironmentalAccounts #Climate #Rivers #Lakes #Ecosystem

[Eva Hernández Herrero @EvaHernandezH]

Climate crisis made summer drought 20 times more likely, scientists find. No time to lose to speed up investment in mitigation and adaptation (of course including river restoration) https://t.co/8xakZziJQ7

[Swamp Project @SWAMP_Project]

Our post-doc Lipe Mendes just published a very interesting paper on treating reactive phosphorus by filter materials at the edge of tile-drained agricultural catchments

https://t.co/DoViiLuzR1

[Swamp Project @SWAMP_Project]

Swamp scientist says Nearly 500 ‘near pristine’ freshwater sites lost to pollution since 1980s
https://t.co/9htMH9nyvb

[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