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Guest blog posts for CSP and CSWA

December 2, 2019August 10, 2014

This past week I blogged about the Mount Polley mine disaster, an event that I think we won’t hear the end of anytime soon as … Read more

Tags Canadian Science Publishing, cswa, ecology, guest posts, restoration, rewilding, women in science

The Mt Polley mine disaster

December 2, 2019August 5, 2014

At two am on the morning of 4 August, 2014, a tailings pond at Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley gold and copper mine broke through an … Read more

Tags ecology, geomorphology, hydrology, mining, Mt Polley, salmon, sediments, tailings pond, water

I see spring

December 2, 2019March 22, 2014

Living in a landscape as dynamic as the West Coast, you can’t avoid the heady drama of the region’s seasonal cycles. On this the third … Read more

Tags Brant geese, ecology, flowers, herring, nature, ocean, pacific northwest, seasons, spring, Trumpeter swans, Vancouver Island, west coast

Science communication challenge – accepted

December 2, 2019February 22, 2014

This week I wrote up the last of my guest posts for Canadian Science Publishing’s blog. The first two – Scientific Societies in the Internet … Read more

Tags blogging, Canadian Science Publishing, cdnpoli, ecology, ELA, environment, fisheries, guest posts, NRC Press, scicomm, science communication

Fluvial geomorphology is not dead

December 2, 2019July 8, 2013

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

Tags Alberta floods, dams, ecology, fluvial geomorphology, geomorphology, river restoration, rivers, salmon, wildfire

The less obvious impacts of glacier change

December 2, 2019April 2, 2013

Once again, health issues have limited my online time over the past few weeks. But I made sure to meet my prescheduled commitment to the … Read more

Tags climate change, cswa, ecology, Glacier, science communication, water resources, waterr supply

Engaging with Ecological Complexity

December 2, 2019January 28, 2013

As I’ve talked about previously, I’m a hydroecologist. I love water, snow and ice, mountain environments – you get the picture. But I’m also an … Read more

Tags ecology, Ecosystem, Environmental science, salmon, trophic cascade, Yellowstone National Park

Fish Detectives – Long Term Changes in Salmon Populations

December 2, 2019January 23, 2013

claimtoken-5104142facc4a On 31 October, 2012, the Cohen Commission on Fraser River sockeye stocks released its final report1. Initiated in 2009 by the federal government, the … Read more

Tags climate, ecology, fisheries management, salmon

Semantics: Ecohydrology vs. Hydroecology

December 2, 2019January 15, 2013

In a recent Easternblot post by Eva, she played around with Google nGrams. I though it would be fun to use the same tool to look at the use of some of my favourite science terms: ecohydrology and hydroecology.

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Tags ecology, Google, hydrology, physical geography, science terminology

R is for Rambunctious Garden

December 2, 2019April 24, 2012

Note: I’m a bit behind (should be at T today) as I’ve been out of web range the past while. I’ll attempt to catch up … Read more

Tags books, ecology, emma marris, human impacted landscape, new ecology
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