Steph Batten
@stephbatten.bsky.social
PhD student at RHUL Earth Sciences
Researching GHG fluxes from wet woodlands, peatlands & upland forests 🌳💧🌲
Happiest when outside in my wellies!
Researching GHG fluxes from wet woodlands, peatlands & upland forests 🌳💧🌲
Happiest when outside in my wellies!
Reposted by Steph Batten
This is a great step forward, but let's remember that this is not new. Many peoples and communities long ago recognised the identity and rights of nature.
But some societies just decided that was inconvenient.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
But some societies just decided that was inconvenient.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
River Wye granted rights in UK first that could help in fight against pollution
Charter to be adopted along river’s entire catchment from Cambrian mountains to Chepstow and Bristol Channel
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2026 at 3:29 PM
This is a great step forward, but let's remember that this is not new. Many peoples and communities long ago recognised the identity and rights of nature.
But some societies just decided that was inconvenient.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
But some societies just decided that was inconvenient.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Steph Batten
Peatlands store more carbon than the world's forests yet fundamental questions remain unanswered. Today we publish 50 priority research questions, identified by 467 participants from 54 countries #PeatQuest #Peatlands
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
April 28, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Peatlands store more carbon than the world's forests yet fundamental questions remain unanswered. Today we publish 50 priority research questions, identified by 467 participants from 54 countries #PeatQuest #Peatlands
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
The heatwave couldn't stop me trying out our new tree chambers! We tested them at RHUL yesterday in prep for taking them to measure tree methane fluxes from our wet woodland site at Wakehurst, Kew Gardens
July 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The heatwave couldn't stop me trying out our new tree chambers! We tested them at RHUL yesterday in prep for taking them to measure tree methane fluxes from our wet woodland site at Wakehurst, Kew Gardens