It is GCSE season in our house and I had one job - chief purveyor of gonks, but gonks are not allowed in exam halls. So let me present the four gonks of the apocalypse- conquest, war, famine and death - now unemployed.

A view from the trenches. Out surveying on the Fens. Got over excited about seeing a buried peat layer full of old bog pine

Always find it weirdly moving to walk over and exercise my democratic privilege

I have discovered that I am still eligible to join the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). Have I been watching too many episodes of Blue Lights or is this a good way to fund a sabbatical?

So it turns out that I am the only one who turned up to Paul's medal lecture with a picnic. Paul Bates CBE FRS

Attending this medal lecture. Well deserved award for a real renaissance scientist and one who has always been friendly and welcoming to me - although I can't afford his cocktail choices. Paul Bates CBE FRS

Gérardo dynamically explaining our World Peatland project. Durham Earth Science Prof Sue Page #WeAreTheUniversity 💙💚 Michel Bechtold 🌍 Assimila

Some study a single sewage works, others might study 3 or 4 - Hanna studied 420 and then 420 control sites. Her poster explains how sewage works design relates to its impact on receiving waters. Durham Earth Science

You can measure the oxygen budget of an ecosystem. Poster X1.62 this morning. If you can calculate O2 budget you can calculate oxidative ratio and so correct the global terrestrial C budgets. Durham Earth Science Gareth Clay Dr Cat Moody

Northern peatlands session has started with a full room #EGU24 and if you think these talks are cool wait for the posters tomorrow Durham Earth Science Dr Scott J. Davidson

Always a privilege to be here #EGU24 even when the local band interrupt the science Durham Earth Science

If you look very carefully this is a manure merchant - that is a job for me when I grow up

Remember all the years of research on fracking in the UK? Did we learn anyhting?sciencedirect.com/science/articl… New paper from equipt4risk project Natural Environment Research Council with British Geological Survey Stuart Gilfillan Durham Earth Science

Really pleased to be working on the EA-funded Patchy Peat Solutions project led by Julia Casperd and Harper Adams University to look at futures for kettle hole bogs - project description here linkedin.com/feed/update/ur… working with a wide range of partners across Shropshire Durham Earth Science

Not sure I am allowed to talk about the new project starting today, but I was perturbed by the lift in to the building being a padded cell. Durham Earth Science

At 10:48 am this morning STOTEN emailed me to say my review of a paper was no longer needed. At 12:37 today I received a review request email, apparently from the same editor at STOTEN who had emailed under 2 hours before, asking me to review the exact same paper.🙃

2 yrs ago these plots had 2cm of biochar added - 2 yrs on and eriophorum #peat thrives - difficult to know which plot is which. Northanger phase 2 now starting but not with biochar. Enhanced C storage Durham Earth Science Thank you to Natural England and Julian Small Natural England Y&NL

Excellent plot placement and great growth of eriophorum, one problem - my kit is somewhere under there. Durham Earth Science

On this day in 1973 The Wombles was first broadcast. Two years ago it was my pleasure to meet Uncle Bulgaria at COP and he was an absolute gent and showed considerable interest in our remote sensing research. We are all Wombles now.

Worldpeatland team Prof Sue Page #WeAreTheUniversity 💙💚 Michel Bechtold 🌍 Assimila at end of day 1. Repeating on day 2 for different time zones Durham Earth Science