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Coal and Water in Alberta

January 13, 2021

Albertans are weighing their options – coal or water on the Eastern Slopes of the Canadian Rockies?

Tags coal, Crowsnest Pass, environment, fish, fish habitat, impact assessment, mining, selenium, South Saskatchewan watershed, water, water licenses, water quality, watershed, westslope cutthroat trout

The Former Scientist

November 18, 2020

This past weekend I read Lynn Martel’s new book, Stories of Ice, and really enjoyed the focus on glaciers of western Canada and the adventure, … Read more

Tags Andrei Glacier, Arctic, Canadian Arctic, glaciers, glaciology, Hilda Glacier, history, mental health, research, science, Scientist, western canada

Thunderbolts and Lightning

August 19, 2020

This past Sunday and Monday we had the excitement of observing both a rare thunderstorm and the measures taken to fight the resulting wildfires.

Tags BC wildfire, drought, fire risk, lightning, rain, streamflow, thunderstorm, weather, wildfire

Ground Truth

July 8, 2020

Ruby McConnell writes with clarity and feeling about geology and personal life in this series of personal essays.

Tags essays, mount st. helens, pacific northwest, personal essay, science, volcano, writing

Tipping Points

May 28, 2020May 27, 2020

Tipping points are critical in environmental systems, but also in our personal lives.

Tags Arctic, climate change, coral bleaching, coral reefs, extinction, hothouse earth, ocean-atmosphere interactions, oceans, sea ice, sixth extinction, threshold, tipping point, trees

Life in the Time of Coronavirus

March 25, 2020March 24, 2020

This is my attempt to report on the everyday life of an everyday person during the COVID19 pandemic.

Tags coronavirus, COVID-19, facts, pandemic, PPE, social distancing

TikTok for Science Communication

February 26, 2020

How many of you use TikTok? It has about 500 million users, 41% of whom are between the ages of 16 and 24. I don’t … Read more

Tags Facebook, instagram, scicomm, science communication, social media, twitter, YouTube

Who is Today’s Rachel Carson?

February 20, 2020February 19, 2020

Just a few weeks ago, Donald Trump changed the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 by limiting penalties for bird deaths across the country. Now … Read more

Tags chemicals, Elizabeth Kolbert, Elizabeth Rush, environment, Katharine Hayhoe, Kathleen Dean Moore, legislation, Naomi Oreskes, public health, Rachel Carson, Sandra Postel, Sandra Steingraber, scicomm, science communication, Trump

Climate Change Art

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020

Artists are using global climate data to create science art.

Tags climate art, climate change, global climate, knitting, scarf, sciart, scicomm, science art, science communication, tapestry, wildfire

How Should We Reward Scientists Who Do Scicomm?

January 29, 2020

Recently I had in interesting discussion on Twitter about neurodiversity and science communication. Someone had shared an article about how the academy needs to recognize … Read more

Tags diversity, equity, inclusivity, merit increments, neurodiversity, rewards, scicomm, tenure and promotion
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Just posted two high-res, public domain versions of the #WillametteRiver Channels #lidar image. This image was published by the Oregon Department of Geology (#DOGAMI) many years ago and showcases their high-quality #opendata. https://t.co/vVX4OdqfK1

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Dr. Dale Leckie@DaleALeckie·
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The Foothills Erratics Train is an AB treat. During last glaciation a giant ... rockslide occurred onto a glacier at Mt Edith Cavell @jasperNP. Carried to Hinton, then S for > 600 km to MT, the quartzite boulders were let down on the margin of the Foothills https://t.co/jFnHAkWRea https://t.co/JzBeIOVaP2

Chris Fisher@FisherSpeaks

Erratics. Glacial and otherwise. @mikedrewphoto On the Road. https://t.co/ewabnCL1Dn

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Mauri Pelto@realglacier·
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January thaw in 2021 from 1/10-1/15 with daily max T of at least 3 C at Everest ... Base Camp has led to continued ablation and upward movement of snow line on area glaciers in mid-January! @EVER_WEATHER @NASA_Landsat @NatGeo
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