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Mel Marchbank

Working Week

Peat grip blocking method trial

  Our programme of damming moorland grips on blanket mire has continued through January on our damming trial site in Lanarkshire. The project is well under way with many of the trial areas now dammed using our new faster method. This project has recently been featured on the IUCN UK Peatland Programme website.
January 22, 2016
Weekly News

Natural flood management – Scotland

Flooding has been widespread across Scotland in the past few weeks, with a lot of damage caused. The intensity of rainfall has been unprecedented, with many existing assumptions for modelling now looking compromised. It means the authorities will have to carefully consider how to move forwards with flood protection and planning. One key area they might look at is Natural Flood Management, an approach that involves undertaking work in the…
January 7, 2016
Working Week

Montane peatland experiment – latest

Just back from taking down all our experimental equipment from the trial site we helped established in the Monadhliath mountains, before the snow comes. An interesting project, which to date has yielded some really fascinating insights into the hydrology and surface processes at work on a high altitude eroding peat flat. Lots of things going on equipment-wise, including use of a solar powered weather station and groundwater loggers alongside flow…
January 7, 2016