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, Scots Gaelic and Russian