Ecologist’s Diary with the TeaComposition H2O Initiative: 3

It’s been a while since I’ve touched base about the TeaComposition H2O initiative. To recap, this global initiative aims to understand long-term aquatic decomposition and carbon cycling in seagrass meadows, mangrove forests, tidal marshes, all types of freshwater wetlands as well as lakes, ponds and streams. In using household tea as pseudo-plant litter, we can standardised the starting material, which gives us the power to tease apart the larger-scale drivers that influence decomposition, like climate, inundation and habitat type. Continue reading “Ecologist’s Diary with the TeaComposition H2O Initiative: 3”

Ecologist’s Diary: In the field for the TeaComposition H2O Initiative 2

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The TeaComposition H2O initiative aims to understand long-term aquatic decomposition and carbon cycling in seagrass meadows, mangrove forests, tidal marshes, all types of freshwater wetlands as well as lakes, ponds and streams. I’d like to share a little bit this diversity with some photos we have received so far.

This first photos come from teams in Finland and Portugal Continue reading “Ecologist’s Diary: In the field for the TeaComposition H2O Initiative 2”

A last glimpse before they burrow themselves in. Goodbye little worms, go and geoengineer!

Ecologist’s Diary with Gesche Blume-Werry: Earthworms on the loose

Lately, I have been working on setting up a new (and really fun!) experiment. There is something to say about setting up a new experiment, while one is moving to a new job (‘don’t do it’, for example), but it has been really exciting despite the logistic puzzle.

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Ecologist’s Diary: In the field for the TeaComposition H2O Initiative 1

I have to confess – I don’t like tea.

Well, maybe herbal tea every once in a while. You know, the ginger and lemongrass type.

However, when out in the field, at 30°C and in knee-deep in mangrove hydrogensulphidemudstink, one begins to appreciate the refreshing aroma of green and rooibos tea. Continue reading “Ecologist’s Diary: In the field for the TeaComposition H2O Initiative 1”

Ecologist’s Diary – meet the researchers!

In Ecologist’s Diary, we follow four ecologists from different fields in their daily work. Through regular updates, by means of columns, pictures and video, these enthusiastic  researchers take us along the ups and downs of their field and lab work. Below they introduce themselves and give us a taste of what their posts are about.     Continue reading “Ecologist’s Diary – meet the researchers!”