Peat Performance

What a pun! It’s not mine, but I will endeavour to use it at opportune moments. I found it on the cover of the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s (RSE) latest edition of ReSourCe, the Society’s magazine. As a Young Academy of Scotland member (since late 2024), I had been approached to write a piece about my work for the spring/summer 2025 copy, which was themed around the future of rural Scotland. My piece: Peatlands’ role in Scotland’s rural future, is available via this link, on page 6-7. It is a career highlight of mine to have managed to get peatlands on the front of any (non-peat-focused) magazine. I’m not sure where to go from here…

The photo featured was taken on a bog in July 2024, with thanks to Gayle McIntyre (photographer based at University of St Andrews) and Charlie Davis and the wonderful team at Corrour (who provided the peatlands).

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