Earth Scientist, partly retired, Quaternary Geology and thawing

#permafrost

, still active in

#peatland

conservation research. 
Former Vrije Universiteit, now at VOF Kytalyk Carbon Cycle Research
. Fan of forests, wetlands, Wadden sea, the Highlands & Hebrides.
Author of 'Thawing Permafrost (Springer Natuture Verlag) and 'Permafrost nu, in het ijstijd-verleden en de toekomst' (KNNV Uitgeverij, Netherlands)
 Dutch, English, German, French, some Scots Gaelic and Russian