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
Water, water, everywhere…
*Note: this post was subsequently picked up by rabble.ca, which “features some of the best new and emerging progressive voices in Canada”. By now you’ve … Read more
Cottonwoods Make Me Crazy
A few weeks ago I saw an article titled “Don’t Plant These Trees in Your Urban Yard“. Before I’d even read it, I guessed one … Read more
Scientist of the Month
This week I had the good fortune to be involved in Erin Podolak‘s online Science For Six Year Olds (SFSYO) series, as part of the … Read more