The Mercury and Ecohydrology Research Laboratory is hiring a 2-yr PDF! Come work with us on restoring metal and sulphur contaminated peatlands! Applications due March 25th. DMs and email inquiries welcome!

Canada Under Fire – Drivers and Impacts of the Record-Breaking 2023 Wildfire Season preprint essopenarchive.org/users/747500/a…

New important paper on 'Mapping the distance between fire hazard and disaster for communities in Canadian forests' in Global Change Biology (Open Access) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gc… Figure below - Mapping distances of fires 1–3 days away from the Red Lake, ON,

Peat swamps are an enigma. We (Mike Waddington Brian Branfireun and S. Kaufman) dust off ~20yr-old data to help unravel how temperate peat swamp hydrogeomorphic setting impacts water flow and carbon stocks. #PeatPaper doi.org/10.1002/eco.26…

New paper with Kristyn Mayner, Paul Moore, Mike Waddington, and Sophie Wilkinson is out! We explored post-wildfire vegetation recovery in peatland middles and margins, with implications for wildfire vulnerability and carbon storage. #PeatPaper #PeatTwitter doi.org/10.1007/s13157…

Thanks to all who came to our first #PeatMetal webinar & to Peter for kicking us off in style. You can find the recording here bit.ly/3VNwd15. Next up Richard Fewster with an overview of the PIPES: Pollutants In PEatlands from sink to Source 24/04/24. Sign up here peatmetal.com/workshops/ #PeatlandsMatter

Just four 2023 wildfires near historic mining centre potentially released 69–183 Mg of arsenic, equivalent to ∼0.5-1.0% of global annual industrial arsenic production. Over the last 52 years, 41–562 Mg of arsenic were likely released due to #wildfires. tinyurl.com/2px3m24s

Day 3 of #PeatMetal and Restoring Industrially Impacted Peatlands International Workshops was a blast touring around metal contaminated peatlands near Sudbury. Great to show our almost ready restoration trial site and talk all things peat, metals, and restoration!

Great post-doc opportunity with the Canadian Forest Service in Victoria BC - see details below.

Excellent Woo lecture by ⁦Mike Waddington⁩ at #CGU2024.

We presented our #SurvivalOfTheDeepest #peatlands poster on Tuesday at CGU We are seeking input from a wider range of perspectives on ecohydrological feedback strength as a function of peatland peat depth #PeatTwitter Details and link to a survey: mcmasterecohydrology.ca/survival.html

A great day for fieldwork in the Georgian Bay Biosphere Mnidoo Gamii. Our NOBEL water observatory is part of the Global Water Futures Observatories. Amalie Kanne Jonas Mortelmans

We're excited to see Bill C-317 pass in the House of Commons! It calls for the establishment of a national flood and drought strategy - GWF researchers have proudly testified in full support of the bill. Francis Scarpaleggia U of Saskatchewan U Calgary the Water Institute parl.ca/LegisInfo/en/b…

We have a new preprint on Earth & Space Science Open Archive mapping peat depth and carbon storage of the Hudson Bay Lowlands. Peat depth increases with increasing distance from the coastline due to ongoing glacial isostatic adjustment since ice retreat began. essopenarchive.org/doi/full/10.22…

Very busy day getting ~35,000 kg of peatland restoration material into our metal contaminated peatland in the Laurentian University - Université Laurentienne Greenspace. We are testing 3 different treatments to figure out what works! #PeatTwitter cbc.ca/news/canada/su…

In the Georgian Bay Biosphere, at-risk turtles nest in shallow soil on #CanadianShield rock. BUT when #wildfire occurs, much of the soil burns off & erodes. Not only does this reduce the number of spots where #turtles can lay eggs, but also affects suitability of remaining nest habitat

Hot of the press! Check out our new review paper developing a conceptual model of the complex release of toxic metals and metalloids from peatland fires! tinyurl.com/yh27uua3 #PeatTwitter #PeatFire

I never thought my research would be featured on CBC News: The National but here we are. A huge thank you to my co-lead author Dr. Sutton and co-author Mike Waddington. I want to stress the need to develop strategies to prevent these systems from burning! youtu.be/cXKG2VQ-P08?si…

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") McMaster SEES McMaster Faculty of Science McMaster University

Honoured to be presenting this year's Vale Living with Lakes Centre Watershed Lecture. Friday October 4, 2024 from 12-1pm