Arctic Memories
This morning I’m thinking of the Arctic, for a range of interrelated reasons. A tragic accident in the Arctic Ocean (M’Clure Strait) this morning claimed … Read more
On Scientists Writing Well
I enjoy reviewing a well-written paper, and strongly believe that it doesn’t matter how great your science is if you can’t communicate it to others. … Read more
Wildfire and water
Well my op-ed in Al Jazeera English just came out today. Check it out here. Huge thanks to Colin Schultz for editing help prior to … Read more
Did You Miss Me?
I’ve been away from blogging lately – so many ideas but far too dense of a brain fog to try and explain any of them. … Read more
Is it nature?
When I first started playing around with my husband’s old Nikon camera this spring, I assumed I was all about nature photography. Macro shots of … Read more
Modelling our way to the answers
I ran across a press release recently for a paper on snowpack and climate change in Oregon. It caught my attention because it was written … Read more
Canadian science communication takes off
The topics I follow most closely on Twitter are #cdnpoli, #cdnsci, and #scicomm. A lot of news from the first two has been pretty negative … Read more
New post on Canadian Science Writers Association blog
I have a new post up on the CSWA blog, that uses the research field of tidewater glaciers to show how science is more like … Read more
Fluvial geomorphology is not dead
For those of you wondering WTH fluvial geomorphology means, it’s the study of river/stream processes and the landforms they create. Ben Hayes, the director of … Read more
What's in a headline?
Some readers may have noticed that this topic came up on my Twitter feed. I thought I could try what the editors at Nature Chemistry … Read more