
Mike Waddington
@peatofmind
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Canada Research Chair in Ecohydrology | School of Earth, Environment & Society | McMaster University | #peatlands #wildfire #restoration | Opinions my own |
Nobel, ON
Joined February 2012
RT @DalHydro: 2x new PhD positions available in our group with a focus on numerical hydrodynamic modeling of coastal flooding or compound f….
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After four thousand and 666 (which seems fitting) days on twitter I will no longer be posting on this platform. For the #NobelPeatPrize winners announcements over the next few weeks and other cool peaty and ecohydro science follow at the sky is blue place for . peatofmind.
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🎉Congratulations to @McMasterU's latest new and renewed Canada Research Chairs! @TIPS_SPIIE @machealthsci @McMasterScience @DeGrooteBiz @McMasterSocSci
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After seven years it was time to get a new chair to do research on the #ecohydrology of #peatlands and #wildfire! . #PeatTwitter
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RT @bluesky: "I didn't realize how much I missed interacting with real humans". many people are saying this. https:….
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RT @sweatscience: Big day! Got the early galleys for my new book, which comes out on March 25, 2025. It's called The Explorer's Gene: Why W….
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The McMaster Ecohydrology presents our 2024 #NobelPeatPrize nominees! . #PeatPaper themes: peatland patterns, public perception, fire and metals, mercury, and fire weather. Winner announced Dec 5 @NOBEL_Water. @BettyEhnvall, A. Kuhn, @abbeymarcotte, @Colin_PRM, @j_mortelmans
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RT @Jones_MattW: Today, in @ScienceMagazine, we report that global CO2 #emissions from #forest fires have increased by 60%since 2001. Fores….
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Climate change increases fire-favorable weather in forests, but fire trends are also affected by multiple other controlling factors that are difficult to untangle. We use machine learning to system...
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Fall colours are peaking here in Nobel so it must be the #NobelPeatPrize time of year again! . Do you have a favourite #PeatPaper for 2024? . Our nominees for top International paper will be announced next week. Winners announced in first week of December.
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RT @TheSpec: ‘Environmental science happening in real time’: New McMaster University lab is in Ancaster’s backyard. 👉 .
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RT @mikeflannigan: A large and intense wildfire is burning in NWRN Ontario today - GOES East Geocolor and band 7 (mid-ir - red is a very in….
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RT @Colin_PRM: Interested in solving complex environmental problems? Come work with us at the Mercury and Ecohydrology Research Laboratory!….
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Peat fire hydrology MSc research opportunities! . We are recruiting two MSc researchers for a May or Sept 2025 start. #ecohydrology #wildfire #modelling . GIS, remote sensing, and/or Hydrus-1D modelling skills are an asset. Application details at
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The 15th Annual Woo Water Lecture! .Wed. Oct. 9 (3:30-4:30PM) . Dr. Ellen Wohl (Colorado State) ."Messy Rivers are Healthy Rivers" . Plus special announcement introducing: .The McMaster Watershed Ecosystems Living Lab .(The "WELL"). @McMasterSEES @McMasterScience @McMasterU
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Irish 🇮🇪 Peat Tour (Part 5) . The last day of the peat tour was spent at the kingship and sacrifice exhibit at the National Museum of Ireland. "Wake Up Dead Man". Irish bog bodies dated between 400 BC and 200 BC. #PeatTwitter #BogBodies
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Irish🇮🇪 Peat Tour (Part 4) . Today was a day for Old Peat - New Voices. If you're an early career peat researcher and you Still Haven't Found What your Looking For peat community wise then check out @PeatlandECR - a four time #NobelPeatPrize winner! . #PeatNeeds #PeatTwitter.
We are ready to kick start our first session - Old Peat, new voices. See you all there! 🌿.#PeatTwitter #PeatECR #Peatlandsmatter . @igc2024dub.@BiggusDaveus.@AitovaInNature.@richa_marwaha
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Irish🇮🇪 Peat Tour (Part 3) . It was a Beautiful Day touring blanket bogs in the Wicklow Mountains. Decades of peatland degradation restored by blocking drainage ditches and gullies. From water Running to Stand Still. #PeatTwitter #peatlands #restoration
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Irish🇮🇪 Peat Tour (Part 2) I'm looking forward to talking about degraded peatlands and wildfire tmrw at my first geog conference in 25 years. Two themes to the talk:.1) The Unforgettable Peat Fire.2) How to Dismantle a Peatland Carbon Bomb. #PeatTwitter #peatlands #wildfire
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