Staff profile

• 2024 - 2025: Bezos Earth Fund prize for climate innovation: Bezos prize for research on selecting sphagnum characteristics to maximise methane oxidation
• 2022: Fellow of British Society for Geomorphology (FBSG):

Journal Article

• The Sponge Analogy Problem: Moving Towards Clearer Communication of Peatland Hydrological Processes
  
  Lees, K. J., McCarter, C. P. R., Ritson, J. P., Waddington, J. M., Peacock, M., Evans, M., Holden, J., Shuttleworth, E., Johnston, A., & Baird, A. J. (2025). The Sponge Analogy Problem: Moving Towards Clearer Communication of Peatland Hydrological Processes. Hydrological Processes, 39(9), Article e70267. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70267
• Large cobblestone dams for natural flood management in wide peatland gullies
  
  Johnston, A. R., Brown, D., Allott, T., Goudarzi, S., Kay, M., Milledge, D., Shuttleworth, E., Spencer, T., & Evans, M. (2025). Large cobblestone dams for natural flood management in wide peatland gullies. Ecological Engineering, 219, Article 107702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2025.107702
• The effects of drought on Sphagnum moss species and the implications for hydrology in peatlands
  
  Keane, B., Alderson, D. M., Clay, G. D., Evans, M. G., Field, C. D., Johnston, A., Limpens, J., McCarter, C. P. R., Overtoom, N., Ritson, J. P., Robroek, B. J. M., Rochefort, L., Shuttleworth, E. L., Telgenkamp, Y., Turetsky, M. R., & Waddington, J. M. (2025). The effects of drought on Sphagnum moss species and the implications for hydrology in peatlands. New Phytologist, 247(5), 2003-2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70361
• Recovery of Sphagnum from drought is controlled by species-specific moisture thresholds.
  
  Keane, B., Shuttleworth, E. L., Evans, M. G., Ritson, J. P., Harris, A., Johnston, A., Alderson, D. M., & Clay, G. D. (2025). Recovery of Sphagnum from drought is controlled by species-specific moisture thresholds. Scientific Reports, 15(1), Article 22167. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-05348-8
• Gully erosion is a serious obstacle in India’s land degradation neutrality mission
  
  Majhi, A., Bhattacharjee, P., Harris, A., Evans, M., & Shuttleworth, E. (2025). Gully erosion is a serious obstacle in India’s land degradation neutrality mission. Scientific Reports, 15(1), Article 6384. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-89613-w
• The formation of peat—Decreasing density with depth in UK peats
  
  Worrall, F., Clay, G. D., Heckman, K., Ritson, J., Evans, M., & Small, J. (2024). The formation of peat—Decreasing density with depth in UK peats. Soil Use and Management, 40(4), Article e13155. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.13155