As 2018 rolls around the tundra teabag project is nearing an end. The final pieces of analysis are coming together, and words are making their way onto paper as we write up our findings. In the meantime, we have enjoyed sharing our results at several conferences over the course of 2017. Most recently I gave … More A quick one

The year is ending and the data is in…and there is a lot of it! Thanks to the great efforts of all those working on the tundra teabag experiment we have over 4,000 tea bag decomposition samples, spanning more than 350 sites around the tundra. And there’s still more to come. With 2017 just around … More From Alaska to the Alps

After a successful summer of fieldwork (you can read plenty about that here) it’s back to the office, and a surprisingly bright Scottish autumn. Of course, this means an end to trowels and drying ovens for me, and the beginning of an even longer journey, one that will be signposted by many lines of R … More Gearing up for analysis

By Eleanor Walker, 4th Year Undergraduate at University of Edinburgh It was a hot summer’s day here in Kluane, up in the Yukon, Canada yesterday as we headed up the plateau for our first hike of the field season. We went up to set out our latest tea bag experiment, which involved stopping every 125 m elevation … More Teabag Trails on the Tundra

May 2016 With little reason but scientific curiosity, I took my road bike up into the hills. The maps suggested roads would take me all the way to the base of Scald Law, the tallest peak in the Pentlands. Or perhaps it was optimism on my part. Either way, I think that mountain biking is … More Pentlandia