The 12th edition of the science festival took places in Fyrishov between 10-12th October. The days were filled with workshops, lectures, competitions, and experiments organized by a wide range of faculties from Uppsala University and SLU. Sara Camiolo from the PredPeat project joined the colleagues from Climes and CNDS to explore the themes of meteorology and hydrology with schools and the general public. On Friday, Sara led the workshop “Build your own peat-filter and have fun cleaning rainwater” for students from 6 to 10 years old. On Saturday, many families stopped by to learn more peat, wetland restoration and the...
Gustaf Granath worked with the artists of “Ecotone: transition area between biology and art”. The term “ecotone” is used in ecology to describe a border where two ecosystems meet and create a new species-rich area. What happens when peatlands and art meet? The resulting ecotone was on exhibition at the Uppsala konstnärsklubb for the period 21-29th October 2023. Collaborating artists and researchers: Malin Franzén, Hanna Norrna, Ida Lindgren, Amanda Selinder, Ioana Onut Brännström, Gustaf Granath. Poster of the exhibition at Uppsala konstnärsklubb. Picture by Sahra Gibson. From the exhibition “Ecotone”. Picture by Sahra Gibson. From the exhibition “Ecotone”. Picture by...
Great interest for the PredPeat project at the EGU24 conference in Vienna (14-19 April) where nearly 21 000 geoscientists from 130 countries discussed their work and ideas in Earth, planetary and space science research. During the session “Large scale hydrology: characterising and understanding hydrological diversity and catchment organisation” Claudia Teutschbein presented her PICO with the title “Introducing CAMELS-SE: Connecting 60 Years of Hydroclimatic Observations with Catchment Attributes for 50 Sites in Sweden”. More at https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-15238. During the session “Peatland hydrology: From tropical to subarctic latitudes” Sara Camiolo presented her poster with the title “Can peatland restoration enhance drought and flood resilience...
Over 450 attendees at the 6th biannual conference on “New perspectives in ecological and evolutionary research” in Lund (12-15 March). PredPeat makes the debut with Sahra Gibson and her poster “Linking plant communities with water-related ecosystem functions after peatland rewetting”. Read the full abstract at page 171, poster 164 in the programme of the Nordic Oikos 2024 conference.
Two PhD positions in peatland restoration at Uppsala University We are seeking two highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join our team in a new peatland rewetting project (https://predpeat.com). The successful candidates will be responsible for conducting research on the: (1) Ecology and water biogeochemistry of peatlands, (2) Hydrology of peatlands. The goals are to quantify the effects of rewetting on water quality and hydrologic variables such as flow and storage, and to understand to what extent such effects are controlled by vegetation, peatland characteristics, and time since rewetting. The projects will include field work across Sweden, data analysis and...
