Citizen scientists are playing a critical role in helping monitor the health of the planet's peatlands.
Requiring nothing more than a photograph taken by smartphone, the Tracking the Colour of Peatlands project encourages people to assess how the areas change colour over the course of the growing season.
Through this, scientists hope to gain a better understanding of how the landscapes are functioning now but also how they might be impacted under future climate and land-use changes.
The project was started in 2021 by Dr Scott Davidson, Lecturer in Ecosystem Resilience at the University of Plymouth.
He has been studying peatlands and wetlands for several years, with his work intended to increase awareness of them - including their importance and benefits - globally.
Through that, his aim is to achieve a level of protection, restoration and management for these ecosystems that can highlight them as a viable nature-based solution to climate change.
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