Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky

@queenofpeat.bsky.social

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Professor, scientist, mom. Author of Bogland. Chaser of wildfires and permafrost thaw. I love bogs and want you to join me. Learn more at merrittraeturetsky.com

Photograph of dessicated Sphagnum in a northern Canadian bog.
A woman scientist - me! - in a tussock fen in Alaska.
Photograph of a bog landscape in northern Canada with patches of open brown vegetation and green forest.
A teenager posing with a large piece of colorful art.
Image of a bog with red moss in the foreground and green conifer trees and blue sky in background.
Image of a woman in a long floral black gown next to a copy of the book Boglands.
Woman scientist - me! - standing on a boreal hilltop with fall colors.
Photograph of a bog with red moss and water in the foreground and green conifer trees in the background.
A big bog with green vegetation and open blue water.
Video of a scientist (me!) talking about resilience in permafrost recovery.
Snow covered black spruce trees in a boggy area of interior Alaska.
Photograph of a sundew in Sphagnum moss
Image of an Alaskan bog with water and red moss in the foreground and trees in the background.
Patch of red, yellow, and green Sphagnum moss.
Cover of a children's book called Secret of Haunted Bog.
Image of a stone with Heaney's poem Bogland inscribed on it.
Screen capture of the Princess Bride from the fire swamp.
Video of two field scientists frost probing in Alaska and uncovering a hotspot of methane release.
Image of Labyrinth's Bog of Eternal Stench.
Image of yellow blue and red lights in a swampy ecosystem.
A menacing bogeyman with red eyes made of plant matter.
Image of a moss covered forest with a moss covered stump that looks like a human form.
Image from Lord of the Rings Dead Marshes.
A bog landscape with hills in the background and clumps of vegetation in open water in the foreground.
Image of the museum exhibit of Lindow Man, a bog body.
Image of moss and clumps of grass covering open water in a thin skim.
Image of a misty spooky scene with fallen log, a pond, and patches of moss and other dark green vegetation.
Video of methane venting through thawing permafrost soils.
Photograph of a woman in an Arctic parka hanging in front of a window.
Image of a woman - me! - wearing a winter hat and sunglasses, smiling despite mosquitos buzzing around her head.
Large pit formed in the ground from permafrost thaw, with pink flagging tape stretched out to measure it.
Image of a big with water and red moss in the foreground and conifer trees in the background.
Image of the cover of the New Phytologist journal showing a close up image of brown and orange Sphagnum plants.
Red sphagnum moss stems.
Picture of children gathered around Teresa and Jamie Hollingsworth and a black and white pup.
An Alaskan bog with red moss and open water in the foreground and green trees and blue sky in the background.
Image of a bog landscape with patches of wetland, forest and open water.
Our joint CU NOAA research team standing in front of science equipment.
Image of a Canadian bog landscape.
Image of a page of a children’s book with a marsh wren.
Panoramic image of flooding and sinking associated with permafrost thaw.
Photograph of a bog with blue water and colorful moss in the foreground and green trees and blue sky in the background.
Image of red and green sundews in a northern bog.
Image of yellow and red Sphagnum moss plants.
Image of red sundews on brown moss
Photograph of an aerial view of bogland habitat in Canada with brown and yellow wetlands surrounded by green forest.
Image of permafrost thaw causing flooding
Sunset with swirling orange clouds.
A woman scientist standing in front of a boreal landscape filled with beautiful bogs in Alaska.
Image of land subsidence and flooding due to permafrost thaw in northwestern Canada.
Snow covered ground and trees with Arctic glow in the sky.
Card that spells out a bog Valentines. It is built up over time, resistant to decay, and deeply interesting to a small number of people.
A yellow and brown bog shaped like a heart in a darker forested area.
Image of yellow and brown open bogs interspersed with burned and unburned forest.