Andy Baird
@baird_andy
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Physical geographer (ecohydrology, peatlands, computer modelling, soil and ground water). Keen (but not very good) cyclist in spare time.
Peterborough and Nottingham
Joined June 2012
I have migrated to Bluesky. This account will remain, and I'll occasionally dip into X's content, but if you want to see my posts, please head over to Bluesky.
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A postdoc opportunity for #PeatTwitter
Nice applied post-doc in our @nationaltrust team. Please spread the word …IRC165475 - Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Interested in tropical peatlands? On 17-18 February, we have the first ever scientific conference on African peatlands, at the Royal Society in London. Free to attend+streamed online (w/ French subtitles). Register here:
royalsociety.org
Discussion meeting organised by Professor Simon Lewis FRS, Professor Ifo Suspense Averti, Professor Corneille Ewango and Professor Angela Gallego-Sala.
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I'm heading to Liverpool today for #BES2024 as part of the Peatland and Wetland Special Interest Group team. Come and say hi to me and @ScootJD to get involved in @BES_Peat #peatlands #wetlands
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Funded PhD scholarship available on peatland hydrology and carbon cycling. It will examine the impacts of windfarm disturbance and restoration techniques. Supervised by @catherinesmoody @nichollebell8 and I. Deadline = 8 January 2025 https://t.co/7gdrrCPhCD
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Pleased to have been recognised as an oustanding reviewer by the American Geophysical Union.. https://t.co/PwPnBJwDbs
https://t.co/vFu0LX1BMb Reviewing is one of those jobs nobody particularly likes but it makes an important contribution to our respective disciplines.
agu.org
Congratulations to the 2023 Outstanding Reviewer recipients.
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Reminder to register for our re-launch Zoom event a week today to find out more about what we have planned for the @BES_Peat special interest group! #PeatTwitter
We are officially re-launching the #Peatland and #Wetlands SIG on October 2nd 2024 at 1pm UK time on Zoom! Join to find out more about the SIG, our plans for the future+to let us know what you want from us! You can sign up here: https://t.co/mOdiHQHrGh Please RT!
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Great to see our new open access paper out in Water Resources Research on how peatland restoration can reduce flood peaks arriving at towns downstream: https://t.co/PAKGNsKIIZ
@wateratleeds
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
At catchment scale, it is not necessary (nor feasible) to delay the flood-wave to meaningfully attenuate it at the outlet Deferring only a portion of the flood volume to the receding limb can be ...
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We have a new paper on NPP in Peruvian peatlands, just published today: https://t.co/ufNhKnOrsK
#PeatPaper #PeatTwitter @pashkito @KHRoucoux @SimonLLewis @EdMitchard @AdamHastie6 @kofitim @FCDraper
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Our understanding of carbon cycling in tropical peatlands is limited by the lack of data on forest productivity and litter decomposition. Here we present measurements from two floristically distinct...
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Extremely worrying. The importance of #wetlands such as this can't be understated. “The #Pantanal is like Noah’s Ark. It is home to animals that are disappearing … That could be about to change... The Pantanal... could soon cease to exist.” https://t.co/gGb0qPEXJ1
theguardian.com
Hidrovia project to dredge Paraguay River and build ports may destroy vast biodiversity and refuge of jaguars, giant otters and armadillos – and an age-old riverine way of life
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Hot of the press! Check out our new review paper developing a conceptual model of the complex release of toxic metals and metalloids from peatland fires! https://t.co/EnwAbGnosG
#PeatTwitter #PeatFire
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Pleased to see the first recipient of the @CIWEM award in the flood and coastal risk management sector named after my late wife (The Laura Baird Special Recognition Award): https://t.co/RBZchwByQY Many congratulations to Sun Yan Evans!
ciwem.org
We are delighted to announce the CIWEM members who have won and been highly commended in the 2024 Women in FCERM awards.
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The empirical work in this paper was completed in my 'garage lab' - my first #ShedScience paper!
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New #PeatPaper 'The effect of wetting history, botanical composition and depth on the specific yield of two common types of bog peat' https://t.co/BM0hEhcmHc w/ @alicemmilner @peatbloke @sophie0682 #PeatTwitter
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
In laboratory drawdown experiments on intact peat cores, specific yield did not vary significantly according to the rate at which the cores were previously wetted up using simulated rainfall. The...
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Experience working in #fungi conservation? Apply to be my maternity cover - 12 month fixed term contract with the lovely folks at @Love_plants Closing date for applications 14th July, apply here:
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Results from my peaty "Grand Tour", where I collected 405 surface water samples from 52 to 63°N, showed how varied DOM composition can be, but also how DOM can be clustered to maximise DWT efficiency: https://t.co/cIIGsOjVMm
#PeatTwitter @wateratleeds @rbpmleeds
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Super pleased that my first paper based on experiments in my garage 'lab' (#ShedScience) has been accepted for publication 🙂. The topic? The specific yield of peats. More to follow soon.
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I'm using @BestforBritain's tactical voting information tool https://t.co/jOKtkVwd0G because it shows local factors and the latest polling data.
bestforbritain.org
We are the researchers, data scientists, strategists, and activists, fixing the problems Britain faces after Brexit. We conduct polling to help politicians lead debate, not follow it. We design...
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Have just been asked to examine a PhD thesis ... in August. Reading the thesis, completing an examiner's report, and participating in the defence (overseas) would take at least 4-5 days. I have already planned a full schedule for the next three months. I declined.
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I’ll be presenting my CGU Woo Water Lecture titled “The Ecohydrology of Fire Swamps, Wil O’ the Wisp, and Zombie Fires” on Zoom to Leeds Geog. Wed June 12, 1230 BST, 0730 EDT DM me for link! #PeatTwitter #peatlands #wildfire
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