Mount Polley mine disaster: redux
Science Borealis is holding a blog carnival to celebrate their first anniversary, with bloggers writing about the most important story in their field for 2014. … Read more
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Kayaking newbie
A klaxon sounds, six trumpet blasts echo from shore to shore. A moment of silence, and then a deep, thumping whoomph. I expect the shock … Read more
The Mt Polley mine disaster
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
Canada and Water: Destroying our Cultural Foundations
The disconnect between government policies and public opinion is hardly newsworthy, but it seems the divide has reached Grand Canyon proportions around Canadian environmental issues, … 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
Food, water & energy
This poster showed up on Facebook last week. I agreed with it immediately – but then started thinking why. Why is growing your own food … Read more
L is for Lag time
For the letter H, I posted about the hydrograph – a deceptively simple plot that represents the complex integration of the many processes that occur … Read more
H is for Hydrograph
The hydrograph is a time series plot of water flow in a river, and is to hydrology what a symphony is to classical music. It … Read more