https://bogology.com/2018/11/21/when-real-life-imitates-testates-a-2019-testate-amoebae-in-the-real-world-calendar-from-inside-the-shell/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/picture1.jpgPicture12018-11-21T17:45:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2017/05/15/a-tribute-to-keith-barber/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2091.jpgDSCN2091https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/professor-keith-barber_sia_jpg_fit_to_width_inline.jpgProfessor Keith Barber.jpg_SIA_JPG_fit_to_width_INLINEhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn0202.jpgDSCN0202https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dmitri-paul-and-keith-copy.jpgdmitri, paul and keith copy2018-11-21T17:42:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2015/07/13/when-you-cant-see-the-peat-for-the-trees/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screen-shot-2015-07-13-at-09-48-08-forest-commission-scotland.png(Credit: Forest Commission Scotland)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screen-shot-2015-07-13-at-09-47-05-forest-commission-scotland.png(Credit: Forest Commission Scotland)(Credit: Forest Commission Scotland)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/flow-country-google.pngThe Flow Country (Credit: Google Maps)Afforested peatlands in the Flow Country (Credit: Google Maps)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/drain-blocking-at-lake-vyrnwy-using-heather-bale-and-peat-dams-c2a9-life-active-blanket-bogs-in-wales-wildlife-trust-northumberland.jpgDrain blocking at Lake Vyrnwy using heather bale and peat dams (Credit: LIFE Active Blanket Bogs in Wales/Wildlife Trust Northumberland)Drain blocking at Lake Vyrnwy using heather bale and peat dams (Credit: LIFE Active Blanket Bogs in Wales/Wildlife Trust Northumberland)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cth_fig3-2_opt-steve-partridge-from-www-geograph-org-uk-with-permission.png(Credit: Steve Partridge, from www.geograph.org.uk)(Credit: Steve Partridge, from www.geograph.org.uk)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bog-2-iucn.jpg(Credit: IUCN)(Credit: IUCN)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/4760-forsinard-flows-eleanor-bentallrspb.jpgForsinard Flows (Credit: Eleanor Bentall/RSPB)Forsinard Flows (Credit: Eleanor Bentall/RSPB)2017-08-18T10:04:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2016/07/28/beyond-the-haze-implications-of-the-recent-fires-in-indonesia-for-tropical-peatland-research/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/3000.jpg30002017-08-18T10:02:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2017/08/18/antarctica-climate-change-green-media-storm/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/3.jpg32017-08-18T09:51:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2014/10/07/farms-factories-and-fertiliser-the-effects-of-air-pollution-on-peatlands/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/molinia-caerulea-autumn-sten-porse.jpgMolinia caerulea (photo credit: Sten Porse, wikimedia commons)Molinia caerulea (photo credit: Sten Porse, wikimedia commons)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/drosera-rotundifolia-michael-gasperl.jpgDrosera rotundifolia (photo credit: Michael Gasperl, wikimedia commons)Drosera rotundifolia (photo credit: Michael Gasperl, wikimedia commons)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_16411.jpgIMG_1641https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_11331.jpgIMG_1133https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1641.jpgRestoring the Peak District's peatlands at Black Hill (note the extensive gullying in the background) (photo credit: Angus Rosenburgh)Restoring the Peak District's peatlands at Black Hill (note the extensive gullying in the background) (photo credit: Angus Rosenburgh)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1133.jpgEroded bare peat on Kinder Scout in the Peak District (photo credit: Angus Rosenburgh)Eroded bare peat on Kinder Scout in the Peak District (photo credit: Angus Rosenburgh)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/peak_district_moorland_-_geograph-org-uk_-_972758.jpgPeak_District_moorland_-_geograph.org.uk_-_972758https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/peak_district_6475-the-peak-district-near-crowden-and-bleaklow-uk-richard-bb.jpgThe Peak District, near Crowden and Bleaklow (photo credit: Richard BB, wikimedia commons)The Peak District, near Crowden and Bleaklow (photo credit: Richard BB, wikimedia commons)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/near_hathersage_peak_district_8-view-near-hathersage-peak-district-mike-peel.jpgThe Peak District near Hathersage (photo credit: Mike Peel, wikimedia commons)The Peak District near Hathersage (photo credit: Mike Peel, wikimedia commons)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/moscar_moor_from_stanage_end_-_geograph-org-uk_-_1073365-moscar-moor-from-stanage-end-looking-west-from-stanage-end-tim-taylor.jpgMoscar Moor, the Peak District (photo credit: Tim Taylor, wikimedia commons)Moscar Moor, the Peak District (photo credit: Tim Taylor, wikimedia commons)2017-08-18T09:50:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2017/02/17/whats-in-a-name-something-completely-different-to-be-said-about-taxonomic-nomenclature/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/padaungiella.jpgpadaungiellahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/arcella-gandalfii.jpgarcella-gandalfii2017-02-17T14:49:26+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2014/01/31/severed-heads-and-shattered-skulls-the-darker-side-of-bogology/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/tollundmannen.jpgTollundmannenB - Bog bodies, this one is called Tollund Man (Image from Wikimedia Commons)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/tollundmanden_i_silkeborgmuseet.jpgTollundmanden_i_SilkeborgmuseetTollund Man (Wikimedia Commons)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/grauballemannen3.jpgGrauballemannen3Grauballe Man (Wikimedia Commons)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lindow_man_british_museum.jpgLindow_Man,_British_MuseumLindow Man on display in Manchester Musuem (Wikimedia Commons)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lindow_man_top_of_head.jpgLindow_man_top_of_headLindow Man's fatal injury (Wikimedia Commons)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lindow_man_1.jpgLindow_Man_1Lindow Man on display in Manchester Museum (Wikimedia Commons)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lindow_moss_2006.jpgLindow Moss in 2006Lindow Moss in 2006 (Wikimedia Commons)2016-09-20T21:21:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2014/08/15/spiders-snakes-swamps-and-elvis-two-weeks-on-an-amazonian-peatland/2016-07-28T16:22:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2016/01/22/frozen-peatlands-in-warming-world/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bnz_permafrost_fig1a.jpgbnz_permafrost_fig1ahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dscn5960.jpgDSCN5960A well-developed arctic fen.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/copy-of-dscn5971.jpgCopy of DSCN5971A collapsed and now inundated peat dome in Abisko.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dscn6124.jpgDSCN6124Cottongrass growing at the edge of an arctic fen in Abisko.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dscn6006.jpgDSCN6006Our peat cores, encapsulating several hundred years of the peatland's history.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dscn6019.jpgDSCN6019Graeme taking field samples in Abisko.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screen-shot-2016-01-21-at-15-29-19.pngScreen Shot 2016-01-21 at 15.29.192016-01-22T14:23:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2014/09/29/food-and-bogs-the-peatland-larder/2016-01-22T13:03:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2014/08/22/bogs-and-people-a-ugandan-perspective/2015-10-13T15:12:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2015/10/13/a-peatland-in-eden/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dartmoor.jpgDartmoorDartmoor, UKhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscf1694.jpgDSCF1694https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_4743.jpgIMG_4743The Eden Projecthttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_4739.jpgIMG_4739Panoramic of the Eden Projecthttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_4717.jpgIMG_4717Eden's peatland!https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_4696.jpgIMG_4696Eden's peatland!https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_4683.jpgIMG_4683Polytrichumhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_4676.jpgIMG_4676https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_4675.jpgIMG_4675Sphagnumhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_4674.jpgIMG_46742016-05-28T07:30:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2015/01/07/flying-amoebae/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ista_welcome.jpgTestate amoebaeTestate amoebae2015-07-14T08:53:30+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2014/07/21/peatland-archaeology-more-than-just-dismembered-bodies/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/iron_age_roundhouse_reconstruction_-_geograph-org-uk_-_1617159.jpgIron_Age_roundhouse_reconstruction_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1617159Reconstruction of an Iron Age roundhouse, similar to those found at Glastonbury Lake Village (Credit: Rod Allday via Wikimedia Commons)2015-01-07T10:42:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/whoweare/guest-contributors/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/933967_10151542266090658_890432663_n.jpg933967_10151542266090658_890432663_nGuest blogger #6 - Richard Paynehttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/n695220126_866856_4667.jpgn695220126_866856_4667https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc_1571-3.jpgDSC_1571 (3)Guest blogger #4 - Bethan Davieshttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc_7810.jpgGuest blogger #3: Simon van Bellenhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/jenny.jpgGuest blogger #2 - Jenny Farmerhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/jessica.jpgJessicaGuest blogger #1 - Jessica Royles2014-10-07T15:30:08+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/2014/07/31/teignmouth-science-cafe/2014-10-07T15:23:03+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2014/07/03/bogs-are-beautiful-the-art-of-peatlands-part-1/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/peat-bog-scotland-c-1908-tate-j-m-w-turner.jpgPeat Bog, Scotland circa 1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851'Peat Bog, Scotland (c.1808)' by J. M. W. Turner. (Copyright: Tate, London, UK)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/thomas-wade-turf-cutters-1869-tate.jpg'Turfcutters' by Thomas Wade. (Copyright: Tate, London, UK)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo.jpgphoto'Moorlands' by Eugen Jettel (Copyright: Belvedere, Vienna, Austria)2014-09-29T13:56:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/publications/2014-09-26T11:21:01+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/toms-publications/2014-09-15T13:18:26+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/2014/08/28/the-explosive-science-of-volcanoes-and-peat-bogs/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/627px-mt_st_helens_eruption_march_8_2005.jpgA minor eruption at Mt St Helens in 2005 (source: Wikimedia Commons)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/800px-kanaga_volcano_kanaga_island_aleutians.jpgMount Kanaga, the Aleutians, Alaska (source: Wikimedia Commons)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mountredoubteruption.jpgMount Redoubt, Alaska (source: Wikimedia Commons)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/stromboli_in_1769_plate5_by_william_hamilton.jpg'Stromboli in 1769' by William Hamilton (source: Wikimedia Commons)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mt-st-helens.jpgA view of Mt St Helens from the blast zone.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mt-hood.jpgMt Hood, towering over Portland, Oregon.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/blast-zone.jpgEntering the Mt St Helens blast zone.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/tephra-layers.jpgVolcanic deposits from Mt St Helenshttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/fieldtrip.jpgDelegates of the conference examine layer upon layer of tephra deposits deposited by previous Mt St Helens eruptions.2014-08-28T16:35:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2014/08/07/tropical-testate-amoebae-as-hydrological-indicators/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/amazonia-testates.jpgTropical testates!https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/swindles-amazonia.jpgSampling testate amoebae in a tropical peatland. A recent paper in Microbial Ecology by Swindles et al. suggests that testate amoebae have potential as hydrological indicators in tropical peatlands.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/surveying.jpgSurveying along a transect across the peatland.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sampling-site.jpgOne of 100 sampling sites. Testate amoeba communities and several environmental variables were examined at each site.2014-08-28T15:49:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2014/06/05/how-to-core-a-peat-bog/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscn1086.jpgDSCN1086A core section of fresh Sphagnum peat from several metres below the surfacehttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/actually-550-600cm.jpgActually 550-600cmGetting down into the clay lake sediments below the peathttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/p1060757.jpgP1060757Swedish peatland fieldwork, June 2014https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/p1060753.jpgP1060753Swedish peatland fieldwork, June 2014https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/p1060701.jpgP1060701Swedish peatland fieldwork, June 2014https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dsc_7717.jpgDSC_7717Reaching down to extract the monolith2014-08-28T15:47:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2014/04/30/jargon-busting-and-press-release-adjusting/2014-08-15T09:04:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/boglossary/2014-08-14T15:24:40+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/2014/03/18/an-a-z-of-peatlands/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/coring.jpgCoringCoring in action in Patagoniahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/patagonia.jpgPatagoniaA raised peat bog in Argentine Tierra del Fuego2014-07-31T10:03:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2014/02/21/peatlands-under-fire/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/view-across-bog-2-w-old-fire.jpgA view across the bog in Quebechttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/simon-sampling-quebec.jpgSimon examining a core in Quebec.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/old-fire-quebec.jpgEvidence of an old burn at the bog edge.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/helicopter.jpgHelicopters are the only way to reach these remote bogs.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/fig-1.pngThe shadow of a past burn.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/charcoal-layers.pngCharcoal from past burns in the peatland record.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aerial-view-quebec.jpgA spectacular aerial view across the bogs in Quebec.2014-07-18T14:49:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2014/04/11/around-the-world-in-80-peatlands/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dscn5971.jpgA thermokarst pool in a palsa mire, Arctic Sweden [photo: Graeme Swindles)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/global-peat-map.jpgThe global distribution of peatlands [2]https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/green_island_moss.jpgMoss growing on steep, snow free cliffs on Green Island, Antarctica [photo: J Royles]2014-07-04T14:08:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2014/02/06/science-communication-the-power-of-the-internet-and-the-day-we-went-viral/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/map.pngMapGlobal coverage of hits over the past week covers a fair chunk of countries!https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/graph.pngGraphMonday's stats make all other days pale into insignificance!2014-06-05T14:03:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/outreach/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/infogram-5-easter-2.pngInfogram 5 - Easter/palm oilPalm oil and Easter eggs.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/infogram-4-st-patricks-day.pngInfogram 4 - St Patrick's day/Irish peatHappy St Patrick's day!https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/infogram-3-valentines-day-twitter.pngInfogram 3 - Valentine's day (twitter)Happy Valentine's day!https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/infogram-2-10000-years-01-copy.pngInfogram 2 - 10,000 year history bookThe 10,000 year history bookshttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/infogram-1a-peatlands-as-carbon-stores-01.pngInfogram 1 - Peatlands as carbon storesPeatlands as carbon storeshttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/petite-crop.jpgPetite cropPools, lawns and hummocks in a small area of Petite Bog, Nova Scotiahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bogology-poster-01.jpgBogology posterhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pe-moss-banks.png'Unlocking the secrets of Antarctic moss banks' by Matt Amesbury and Jessica Royleshttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pe-peat-core-blimey.png'Peat: core blimey' by Matt Amesburyhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pe-patagonia.png'Letters from Patagonia' by Tom Roland2014-06-05T07:59:01+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/2014/01/22/how-low-can-you-go-adventures-in-the-fine-slicing-of-peat/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/monocot-root-fragments-c-1mm-in-length-x10-36-36-1cm.jpgMonocot root fragments c.1mm in length x10 36-36.1cmSliced remains of grasseshttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dscn0612.jpgDSCN0612Custom-built fine slicer for peat sampleshttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sliced-monocot-basal-node-side-view-x15-36-2-36-3cm.jpgSliced monocot basal node side view x15 36.2-36.3cmFinely sliced plant macrofossil remainshttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sliced-ericaceous-wood-x30-36-8-36-9cm.jpgsliced ericaceous wood x30 36.8-36.9cmA sliced root2014-04-30T13:15:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2014/03/10/why-is-communicating-climate-change-science-hard/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_7083.jpgIMG_70832014-04-11T10:52:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2014/01/10/life-in-academia-1-the-conference/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1170835.jpgP1170835San Francisco's Golden Gate bridgehttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1170800.jpgP1170800The AGU had multiple sessions running at any one timehttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1170797.jpgP1170797The AGU poster hall - how could you ever see all the research on show in here?!https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1170794.jpgP1170794Me and my poster at the AGU2014-03-18T13:13:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2014/01/08/bogology-a-science-without-borders-2/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_22061.jpgIMG_2206The Garrone, Toulouse.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_22051.jpgIMG_2205The view from EcoLab, Toulousehttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_21851.jpgIMG_2185Multiple peat samples sliced in Toulousehttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_21832.jpgIMG_2183Peat toast!https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_21542.jpgIMG_2154https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_56401.jpgDSC_5640How many scientists does it take to core a peat bog?https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_54951.jpgDSC_5495Multinational fieldwork in Patagonia2014-03-10T14:57:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/how-we-do-it/dating-methods/radiocarbon-dating/2014-02-21T16:33:45+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/how-we-do-it/dating-methods/age-depth-modelling/2014-02-21T16:22:13+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/2013/12/18/the-big-picture-and-little-details-of-bogology/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photo-1111.jpgphoto 11119 (hundred) samples - here are a selection!https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photo-1.jpgphoto 1https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/coring.jpgCoringCoring in action in Nova Scotia, Canadahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/picture2.pngPicture2We can analyse hundreds of samples from each core and hundreds of amoeba from each samplehttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/picture1.jpgPicture1I spend plenty of time doing this!2014-02-21T11:42:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2013/12/05/tales-from-the-tropics-peat-and-carbon-in-indonesia/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0208-3.jpgDSC_0208 (3)2014-02-07T08:12:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2013/12/20/the-12-days-of-bogology/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/screen-shot-2013-12-20-at-13-34-56.pngScreen Shot 2013-12-20 at 13.34.568 age-depth models - this one is from the Antarctic Peninsulahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/festive-bog-2a.pngfestive bog 2ahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/screen-shot-2013-12-20-at-13-23-58.pngScreen Shot 2013-12-20 at 13.23.583 magazine articles in NERC's Planet Earth magazinehttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/screen-shot-2013-12-20-at-13-23-12.pngScreen Shot 2013-12-20 at 13.23.1211 countries visited on fieldwork between us!2014-01-31T09:47:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2013/11/28/the-early-days-of-bogology/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn0858.jpgDSCN0858https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/front-page.pngFront pagehttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/screen-shot-2013-11-27-at-16-04-41.pngScreen Shot 2013-11-27 at 16.04.41The global coverage of Bogology's visitors so farhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/screen-shot-2013-11-27-at-16-04-22.pngScreen Shot 2013-11-27 at 16.04.22The ups and downs of November's visitors - high days generally correspond to a new blog release!2014-01-22T10:39:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2013/11/25/karukinka-part-1/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_5916.jpgAn Andean Condorhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_6023.jpgA herd of Guanacohttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_5972.jpgThe semi-arid grasslands of northern Tierra del Fuegohttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_6004.jpgThe road less travelledhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_5814.jpgAn uncharacteristically calm Strait of Magellanhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_6592.jpgLush Nothofagus (or southern beech) foresthttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_4079.jpgGorgeous brown trout!https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_6409.jpgPeat, glorious peat - as far as the eye can seehttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_6602.jpgA true wildernesshttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_6582.jpgA guanaco lurking in the shadows2014-01-10T15:36:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2013/11/15/kew-darwin-and-bogology/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc06893.jpgThe Herbarium at Kewhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc06887.jpgInside the Herbarium at Kewhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc06788.jpgOreobolus obtusanglusOreobolus obtusangulushttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc06744.jpgCarex canescensCarex canescenshttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc06710.jpgCarex magellanicaCarex magellanicahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc06680.jpgCarex patagonica, trifida or banksii...?!https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc06661.jpgDSC06661An interesting signature at the bottom of this specimen...https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc06517.jpgClose examination of a plant specimen 2014-01-08T21:02:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2013/11/08/silent-assassins-the-deadly-world-of-the-peatland-carnivores/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/drosera2.jpgA sundew, Drosera uniflora, from Patagoniahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/drosera.jpgDroseraDrosera uniflora from Ptagoniahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_5282.jpgDSC_5282https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/picture1.jpgPicture1Spoon-leaf sundew (Drosera intermedia) growing on a bog in Canadahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/p1050655.jpgP1050655Purple pitcher plant in a sea of Sphagnumhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/p1050653.jpgP1050653https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/p1050652.jpgP1050652https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/p1050651.jpgP1050651https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/p1050624.jpgP1050624Purple pitcher planthttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn0768.jpgDSCN0768V - Vegetation, bog vegetation is more diverse than just moss, inclusing this purple pitcher plant, found in Canada2013-12-20T13:46:02+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2013/10/23/liking-lichen/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_6092.jpgLichens don't survive in the fossil peat record.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/970310_10100207726189712_899580468_n.jpgA colourful Cladonia (cup lichen) in Alaska (Photo: Kim Davies)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1094941_10100207726264562_85172845_n.jpgCladonia (cup lichen) in Alaska (Photo: Kim Davies)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_7830.jpgLichens on the bog surface in Patagonia.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1098488_10100207726459172_958078334_n.jpg1098488_10100207726459172_958078334_nA fruticose lichen in Alaska (Photo: Kim Davies)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_7831.jpgLichens can dominate in dry conditions.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/san-juan-web.jpgLichens growing on bog shrubbery in unpolluted Patagonia (Photo: Dmitri Mauquoy)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/p1050793.jpgColourful lichen on a rock in Newfoundland2013-12-18T12:29:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2013/10/16/how-do-mosses-survive-in-antarctica/2013-12-05T15:28:32+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2013/09/14/turning-depth-to-time-using-tephra-a-cautionary-note/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/800px-eyjafjallajokull-april-17-c3a1rni-fric3b0riksson.jpgEyjafjallajokull (Árni Friðriksson)Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland in 2010. Photo credit: Árni Friðriksson via Wikimedia Commons.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/etnaavic3b3-josep-renalias.jpgEtna (Josep Renalias)Etna (Josep Renalias)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/12182156-mod.jpgLots of tephra shards!2013-12-05T12:18:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2013/09/27/sphagnum-moss-bog-plant-extraordinaire/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_6252.jpgDSC_6252https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cumbria.jpgcumbriahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/contrast2.jpgcontrast!12 types of Sphagnum - here are just two from a peatland in Canadahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/contrast1.jpgcontrast!!https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/contrast.jpgcontrast!!!https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/capsules.jpgcapsulesA carpet of Sphagnum, the little white dots are spore capsules, ready to burst!https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bog.jpgBogA Sphagnum lawn surrounded by higher hummockshttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/achill.jpgachillhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sphagnum_cuspidatum.pngSphagnum_cuspidatumThe general form of a Sphagnum plant with long stem, side branches and head at top. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sphagnum-supporting-other-wildlife.jpgsphagnum supporting other wildlife!Sphagnum bogs are home to wildlife and beautiful berries2013-12-05T12:17:43+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2013/10/01/welcome-to-bogology/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_4912-copy.jpgFind out more about the peat-based research we do all over the world.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/welcome-to-bogology-ticker-01.jpgtesthttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cropped-bvb.jpgcropped-bvb.jpg2013-11-28T10:04:17+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/why-we-do-it/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/global_temperature_anomaly_1880-2012-svg.pngGlobal_Temperature_Anomaly_1880-2012.svgGlobal average temperature 1880 - 2012. Image credit: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies via Wikimedia Commons.2013-11-25T15:54:15+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/2013/09/30/into-the-wild-peat-in-alaskas-far-north/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ace.jpgAce'Drunken trees' at the lake edge.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/smith.jpgSmithSmith Lake. A thermokarst lake near Fairbanks, AK.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/peatlands-from-the-air-3.jpgAn Alaskan peatland from the air!An Alaskan peatland from the air!https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/peatlands-from-the-air-2.jpgPeatlands from the air! 2Peatlands create clearings in the spruce forest of the Brooks Range, Alaskahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/peatlands-from-the-air.jpgSo many bogs!So many bogs!https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/float-plane.jpgOur floatplanehttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sphagnum-mat.jpgA mat of Sphagnum develops at the edge of an Alaskan lake.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/drunken-trees.jpgDrunken treesTrees and vegetation falling into the lake as permafrost melts.2013-11-08T11:12:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2013/09/10/antarctic-peninsula-not-where-you-would-expect-a-bogologist/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0708.jpgDSC_0708The view down a core hole into the depth of a frozen moss bank. Photo credit: Dan Charman.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/p1020206.jpgP1020206Low cloud swirls around the mountainous terrain and high-elevation moss banks of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands. Photo credit: Dan Charman.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0399.jpgDSC_0399Swathes of green: not most people's first image of Antarctica! Barrientos Island, South Shetland Islands. Photo credit: Dan Charman.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0713.jpgDSC_0713Coring frozen moss banks on Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands in 2012. Photo credit: Dan Charman.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0717.jpgDSC_0717Moss banks are frozen from a depth of about 30 cm so coring requires a specially adapted permafrost corer. Photo credit: Dan Charman.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/p1120890.jpgSpectacular location for moss coring – Green Island, Antarctic Peninsula.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/p1120903.jpgSpectacular location for moss coring – Green Island, Antarctic Peninsula.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/p1020173.jpgP1020173Possibly the most scenic moss in the world? View from high elevation moss bank on Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, Anatarctic Peninsula. Photo Credit: Dan Charman2013-10-23T15:19:40+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2013/09/30/a-bog-by-any-other-name/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/blanket_bog_-_geograph-org-uk_-_404236.jpgBlanket_bog_-_geograph.org.uk_-_404236Typical blanket bog of the Flow Country, Caithness, Scotland. Photo credit: David Glass via Wikimedia Commons.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/800px-moor_in_blossom_near_haytor.jpg800px-Moor_in_blossom_near_Haytor10 names for peatlands, click on the link above to find out more! Photo credit: Johanning via Wikimedia Commons.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/wetland_scenic.jpgWetland_scenicImage credit: Brian Bill, US Fish and Wildlife Service via Wikimedia Commonshttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/wetland_photography.jpgWetland_photographyImage credit: Joe Doherty, US Fish and Wildlife Service via Wikimedia Commons.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/typical_wetland_plants_wetland_flora.jpgTypical_wetland_plants_wetland_floraImage credit: Blake Tupper Ansel, US Fish and Wildlife Service via Wikimedia Commons.2013-10-23T15:19:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2013/09/18/iconic-british-peatland-to-be-restored-to-its-former-glory/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn0205.jpgA sad site for Bogologists: Bolton Fell Moss peat works in 2004.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bfm-ditch-hview.jpgBFM ditch HviewF - Fuel, a photograph taken by Keith Barber of a long hand cut ditch at Bolton Fell Moss in 1967. Piles of stacked peat turfs can be seen to the left of the ditch. Thanks to Keith for allowing us to use this image.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn0202.jpgDSCN0202Professor Keith Barber at Bolton Fell Moss in 2004 next to train line and carraige. Sea of brown milled peat visible in background.2017-02-22T22:25:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2013/09/16/antarctic-moss-gets-five-minutes-of-fame/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/p1020127.jpgP1020127...seals...https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0567.jpgDSC_0567Wildlife is a constrant distraction to the Antarctic Bogologist! Penguins...https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0124-cropped.jpgDSC_0124 cropped...and sea birds all abound!https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/p11209831.jpgP1120983https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/p1120891.jpgMoss bank in the Antarctic Peninsulahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/p1120983.jpgP1120983The hummocky terrain of a Green Island moss bank, Antarctic Peninsula.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/p1120935.jpgPolytrichum strictum moss bank, Green Island, Antarctic Peninsula.2013-10-01T08:43:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/2013/09/12/core-blimey/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/p1050755.jpgNow is the time to lug all the cores off the site!https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/russian-crop.jpgTimber! Russian coring.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/monoliths-crop.jpgUsing a monolith tin. (Photo: D. Mauquoy)https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/wardenaar-crop.jpgWardenaar coring is fun! (Photo: D. Mauquoy)2013-10-01T08:43:17+00:00monthlyhttps://bogology.com/links/2013-09-30T19:44:02+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/why-we-do-it/the-future/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/carbon_cycle-cute_diagram-svg.pngCarbon_cycle-cute_diagram.svgGraphic representation of the carbon cycle. Image credit: Kevin Saff via Wikimedia Commons.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/mauna_loa_carbon_dioxide-en-svg.pngMauna_Loa_Carbon_Dioxide-en.svg4 (hundred) ppm - atmospheric carbon dioxide hit this landmark figure in 2013 for the first time since measurements began Image credit: Robert A. Rohde, NOAA via Wikimedia Commons.2013-09-30T19:07:42+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/why-we-do-it/the-present/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/attribution_of_global_warming_e28093_simulation_of_20th_century_global_mean_temperatures_with_and_without_human_influences_compared_to_observations_nasa.pngAttribution_of_global_warming_–_simulation_of_20th_century_global_mean_temperatures_(with_and_without_human_influences)_compared_to_observations_(NASA)Climate models can only reproduce measured rises in temperature (dotted line) by including human greenhouse gas emissions as a forcing factor (red line). With only natural drivers (solar, volcanic) the recent temperature increase is not modelled (blue line). Image credit: Rebecca Lindsey via Wikimedia Commons.2013-09-30T16:44:34+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/ask-a-bogologist/2013-09-30T16:38:21+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/what-we-do/bogs-and-climate/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1118.jpgDSCN1118An example of the different bog landforms of pool (the puddle!), lawn (low-lying greenish moss) and hummock (higher reddish moss).https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc06010-crop1.jpgA core section retrieved from many metres under the bog surface.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fen-in-cumbria-crop.jpgA fen in northern England.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bog-in-patagonia.jpgA bog in Patagonia.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bog-landforms.jpgThe bog 'landforms': pool, lawn and hummock2013-09-30T13:53:36+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/why-we-do-it/the-past/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2000_year_temperature_comparison.png2000_Year_Temperature_ComparisonGlobal mean temperature records for the past 2000 years developed from proxy-climate data - akin to the 'hockey stick' plots published by Mann and others. Image credit: Robert A. Rohde, Global Warming Art Project via Wikimedia Commonshttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/carbon_dioxide_400kyr.pngCarbon_Dioxide_400kyr400,000 year record of past atmospheric carbon dioxide levels as reconstructed from the trapped bubbles of gas in four ice cores records from Antarctica. Image credit: Robert A. Rohde, Global Warming Art Project via Wikimedia Commons2013-09-30T13:33:21+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/whoweare/dr-tom-roland/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tom.jpgOn fieldwork in Chilean Tierra del Fuego.2013-09-30T13:32:14+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/whoweare/dr-matt-amesbury/2013-09-30T13:31:58+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/whoweare/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tom-crop.jpgDr Tom Roland, University of Southamptonhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/matt-crop.jpgDr Matt Amesbury, University of Exeterhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_4003.jpgDr Tom Rolandhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/matthew-amesbury.jpgDr Matt Amesbury2013-09-30T13:31:42+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/where-we-do-it/south-america/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc_7069.jpgUnusual peatland landforms in Patagonia.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc_4871.jpgPool, lawn and hummock landforms in Patagonia.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc_7379.jpgAnd a peat bog of ombrotrophyyyy! This one is in Patagonia.2013-09-30T13:31:26+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/where-we-do-it/north-america/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1080692.jpgP1080692https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1080687.jpgP1080687https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1080686.jpgP1080686Burnt Village Bog, Newfoundland, partly frozen poolhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1050964.jpgP1050964A photo of a bog - just for good measure!https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1050934.jpgP1050934Colin Bog, Nova Scotiahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1050627.jpgP10506272013-09-30T13:31:10+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/where-we-do-it/new-zealand/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1120088.jpgP1120088Close up of the wire rush, Empodisma, that is a dominant peat-forming plant in New Zealand.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1120034.jpgP1120034Rush dominated Okarito Bog, South Island, New Zealand.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc_8496.jpgOn fieldwork in eastern Canada.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/testate-4_nebela-carinata.jpgNebela carinataW - water table depth, as reconstructed using testate amoeba, such as this one called Nebela carinatahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/testate-3_hyalosphenia-elegans.jpgHyalosphenia elegans, a species of testate amoebahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/testate-2_arcella-catinus.jpgArcella catinus5 am-eeee-beee! This one is called Arcella catinushttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/testate-1_euglypha-tuberculata.jpg??????????5 am-eeee-beee! This one is called Euglypha tuberculatahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/new-zealand.jpgNew ZealandKaipo Bog, New Zealandhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/canada.jpgCanadaPetite Bog, Nova Scotiahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bryophyte.jpgCell structure of the moss, Sphagnum austinii2013-09-30T13:30:52+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/where-we-do-it/europe/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn1018.jpgDosenmoor, Germanyhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn0230.jpgMatt with first PhD core in the bag at Walton Moss, UKhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn1043.jpgFågelmossen, Sweden2013-09-30T13:30:33+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/where-we-do-it/antarctica/2013-09-30T13:30:15+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/where-we-do-it/2013-09-30T13:30:01+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/what-we-do/in-the-lab/testate-amoebae/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/trigonopyxis-arcula-2-x400.jpgTrigonopyxis arculaTrigonopyxis arculahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nebela-tubulosa-x200.jpgNebela tubulosahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nebela-tincta-x200.jpgNebela tinctaNebela tinctahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nebela-sp-x400.jpgNebela sp.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nebela-sp-2-x400.jpgNebela sp.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nebela-militaris-x400.jpgNebela militarishttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nebela-griseola-x400.jpgNebela griseolaNebela griseolahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nebela-flabellulum-x400.jpgNebela flabellulumNebela flabellulumhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nebela-carinata-x400.jpgNebela carinatahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hyalosphenia-subflava-x400.jpgHyalosphenia subflava2013-09-30T13:28:46+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/what-we-do/in-the-lab/tephra/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/snap-114907-0005.jpghttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/snap-114652-0004.jpgEven more tephra shards!https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/kar-354b-c.jpghttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/kar-289b-a.jpghttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/kar-289b-b.jpgMore tephra shardshttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/kar-289b-c.jpgTephra shards2013-09-30T13:28:28+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/what-we-do/in-the-lab/plant-macrofossils/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sphagnum-papillosum-x400.jpgSphagnum papillosumSphagnum papillosumhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sphagnum-austinii-x400.jpgSphagnum austiniiSphagnum austiniihttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/r-alba-x-100.jpgRhynchospora albaRhynchospora albahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/eriphorum-vaginatum-x200.jpgEriophorum vaginatumEriophorum vaginatumhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/e-angustifolium.jpgEriophorum angustifoliumEriophorum angustifoliumhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/v-oxycoccus-and-a-polifolia-leaves-x10.jpgVaccinium oxycoccus and Andromeda polifolia leavesVaccinium oxycoccus and Andromeda polifolia leaveshttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sphagnum-magellanicum.jpgSphagnum magellanicum leafSphagnum magellanicum leafhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/r-alba-seed.jpgRhynchospora alba seedRhynchospora alba seedhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/odontoschisma-sphagni-x10.jpgOdontoschisma sphagniOdontoschisma sphagnihttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/eriophorum-angusifolium-root-x8.jpgEriophorum angustifolium rootEriophorum angustifolium root2013-09-30T13:28:12+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/what-we-do/in-the-lab/2013-09-30T13:27:53+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/what-we-do/in-the-field/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn0206.jpgBolton Fell Moss peat works, northern Englandhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fallahogy.jpgFallahogy Bog, northern Ireland2013-09-30T13:27:36+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/what-we-do/2013-09-30T13:26:55+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/how-we-do-it/dating-methods/tephrochronology/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/h4-mallachie-moss-p185n4dh8ho2m647cgh1c9e1af5.jpgH4 mallachie moss-p185n4dh8ho2m647cgh1c9e1af5Highly magnified Icelandic tephra shard found in a Scottish bog. Photo credit: Pete Langdon.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/plab2-p185n4dh8ia44o741bd13951kqn.jpgplab2-p185n4dh8ia44o741bd13951kqnT - tephra, close up image of an individual tephra shard. Photo credit: Pete Langdon.2013-09-30T13:25:42+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/how-we-do-it/dating-methods/scps/2013-09-30T13:25:23+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/how-we-do-it/dating-methods/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/radiocarbon_dating_calibration-stuiver-et-al-1998-01.jpgradiocarbon_dating_calibration-stuiver-et-al-1998-01The radiocarbon calibration curve. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons.2013-09-30T13:24:46+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/how-we-do-it/chemical-methods/stable-isotopes/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc061101.jpgDSC06110Lab work for stable isotope analysis underway.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc06109.jpgDSC06109Samples are heated in bleach for many hours which breaks down the plant structure.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc06130.jpgDSC06130We extract cellulose from strands of moss.2013-09-30T13:24:27+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/how-we-do-it/chemical-methods/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn0805.jpgPreparation for humification analysishttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc06110.jpgPreparation for stable isotopic analysis2013-09-30T13:24:09+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/how-we-do-it/biological-methods/testate-amoebae/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tesates-trio.jpg2013-09-30T13:23:40+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/how-we-do-it/biological-methods/pollen/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/alnus_glutinosa-256x384222222.gifAlnus_glutinosa.256x384222222Pollen from an alder tree. Photo Credit: Pete Langdon.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tilia_cordata-256x3841.gifTilia_cordata.256x384Pollen from the small-leaved lime tree. Photo Credit: Pete Langdon.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tussilago_farfara-256x3841.gifTussilago_farfara.256x384Coltsfoot pollen, a small flower of the daisy family. Photo credit: Pete Langdon.https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pinus.jpgPinushttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/betula-nana.jpgBetula nanahttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/alnus_glutinosa-256x384.gifAlnus_glutinosa.256x384https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/alnus-glutinosa.jpgAlnus glutinosaPollen from an Alder treehttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tussilago_farfara-256x384.gifTussilago_farfara.256x384Coltsfoot pollen - a small flower in the daisy familyhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/triticum.jpgTriticumhttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tilia_cordata-256x384.gifTilia_cordata.256x384Pollen from a small-leaved lime tree2013-09-30T13:23:18+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/how-we-do-it/biological-methods/plant-macrofossils/2013-09-30T13:22:57+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/how-we-do-it/biological-methods/humification/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn0811.jpgDSCN0811Humic acids are being extracted from the peat sampleshttps://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn0809.jpgDSCN0809https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn0806.jpgDSCN0806https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn08051.jpgDSCN0805https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn0803.jpgDSCN0803https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn0802.jpgDSCN0802https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn0801.jpgDSCN0801Humification lab work underway2013-09-30T13:22:22+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/how-we-do-it/biological-methods/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tilia-cordata-zoom.jpgTilia cordata zoomPollen of Tilia cordata - the small-leaved lime.2013-09-30T13:19:22+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/how-we-do-it/https://bogology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc06109.jpgDSC06109Moss samples bubble away in the lab during a procedure for stable isotope analysis2013-09-30T13:18:59+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/disclaimer/2013-09-20T11:25:22+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/contact-us/2013-09-17T14:13:45+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.com/peatblog/2013-02-18T09:02:02+00:00weekly0.6https://bogology.comdaily1.02018-11-21T17:45:21+00:00