New paper out: The Canadian Global Water Futures programme – creation, foundation, and operation As GWF concluded this year, the article looks back at how the program was built, its achievements (2,000+ publications, 3,100+ talks), and lessons for future water research in Canada & globally.

New #PeatPaper by Lees et al. in #HydrologicalProcesses "The Sponge Analogy Problem: Moving Towards Clearer Communication of Peatland Hydrological Processes" #peatlands #hydrology #scicomm onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Check out our new paper "Ecohydrological drivers of Boreal Shield peatland fire refugia" in Ecohydrology. Authors: Alex Tekatch, Chantel Markle, Sophie Wilkinson, Paul Moore, @mercury-ecohydro.bsky.social, @peatofmind.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🌍 Big news in peatland science! 5 current & former PERG researchers are in the global top 10 for peatland restoration! 🌿 🏆 Shoutout to Line Rochefort #1 worldwide! 💥 @ulaval.ca also ranks #1 globally! 📖 Read: shorturl.at/uJl6A #Peatlands #PeatSky @wetland-ghg.bsky.social @peatofmind.bsky.social

It's official! Line Rochefort is the Queen of #Peatland #Restoration! Another metric of her legacy. 5 of the 6 most productive peat researchers (# articles fractionalized) were, or are, members of the research group she started in the 90s. #1 Rochefort #2 Strack #3 Price #5 Andersen #6 Waddington

“They're missing the whole point in that we're seeing more fires, a longer fire season, more intense fires, more severe fires, because the climate is changing due to human activities,” said fire expert Mike Flannigan. “It's a serious omission, and that's being very polite.”

Boreal wildfires are, yet again, raging near historical smelting toxic metal pollution sources. The peatlands, forests, and lakes near Flin Flon MB have elevated toxic metals (e.g. Hg, As, Pb) that current wildfires can remobilize to our air, land, and water (similar to tinyurl.com/yv7usr6b). 1/2

Peatlands as wildfire refugia. #Peatlands #PeatSky #wildfire @nobel-water.bsky.social

Field photo: “It’s time to draw a line in the sand umm errr Sphagnum” #Peatlands #PeatSky #wildfire @nobel-water.bsky.social

New #PeatPaper led by Owen Sutton with @peatbloke.bsky.social and others #peatlands Shallow peatlands as sentinels of climate change

Really grateful that I had the chance to learn from Gracie & help out with this Georgian Bay Biosphere video!

In the McMaster Ecohydrology Lab, we've been studying how #moss transplants can help to kickstart vegetation recovery after a severe #wildfire. @nobel-water.bsky.social @peatofmind.bsky.social #drone

"We need to coordinate & fund water observations & research to restore our strength & prepare for a future that will require all the water intelligence ... so that we can defend our water security against challenges posed by climate, our activities, and from our neighbours." gwfo.ca/documents/ht...

NOBEL Site 234 @nobel-water.bsky.social (Eastern Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada) Can you spot the groundwater well, datalogger, and solar panel?

Christmas day publication (a first for me!) on how industrial smelters' impact hydrophysical peat properties and the implications for wildfires, restoration, and drought! A great collab with @peatofmind.bsky.social , @gregverkaik.bsky.social , and others! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

It’s snow squall season in NOBEL!

The McMaster Ecohydrology presents our 2024 #NobelPeatPrize nominees! #PeatPaper themes: peatland patterns, public perception, fire and metals, mercury, and fire weather Winner announced Dec 5th!

We are now on BlueSky! #wetlands #hydrology Nibi (Water) Observatory for Boreal Ecohydrological Landscapes (NOBEL) www.mcmasterecohydrology.ca/nobel.html

A great day for fieldwork in the Georgian Bay Biosphere Mnidoo Gamii. Our NOBEL water observatory is part of the Global Water Futures network of observatories. www.mcmasterecohydrology.ca/nobel.html