Scientists from Environment and Climate Change Canada tweeting about the #GreatLakes, freshwater science, and our lab/field adventures. All views are our own.

Burlington, Ontario
Joined July 2019
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Fun day of filming with the CBC & ECCC on Lake Erie yesterday. Stay tuned for the story 👀 #GreatLakes
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Ever wonder how we do #contaminant #sampling in water on the #GreatLakes? Let me introduce “Bob” and his shy twin “Doug”….our PopCart samplers!!!!
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In a few weeks, Twitter will be cutting my reach unless I pay. I run this acct as a free service and I pay for all the costs for weather apps, electronics, fuel etc out of my own pocket. The only way to reach the people now is if my important tweets get retweeted by you.
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For 50 years, the US and Canada have worked together to protect and restore a shared precious resource – the Great Lakes. 🇺🇸🤝🇨🇦 Today @EPAGreatLakes and @environmentca released the 2022 reports showing continued restoration of the #GreatLakes. 🌊 epa.gov/newsreleases/united-…
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On a severity index of 1-10, this year’s Lake Erie cyanobacterial bloom was a 6, considered “moderately severe," according to forecasters with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) nccospublicstor.blob.core.wi…
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UPWELLING: Check out the massive cold water and hypoxic upwelling event that happened yesterday on Lake Erie near Cleveland. This brought a massive amount of "dead zone" water close to shore, causing a massive fish kill. Data from Euclid buoy. @CLEH2OAlliance @LimnoTech @IAGLR – at Pittsfield, MI
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Pleased to announce new postdoctoral (Research Scientist Term) positions @ECCCSci in Toronto. This includes positions in the Hazardous Air Pollutants Lab working on @GAPSNetwork, chemical mixtures and links to health. Apply by Sept. 14 – see emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.…
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Torontonians age 16-59, Click here to join the standby list for extra vaccines at the end of day from east end vaccine clinics. forms.office.com/Pages/Respo… #topoli #onted
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OK, #Canadian scientists, #science students, science influencers, scientific societies, student & postdoc unions, and everyone else who may know someone w/ science postgraduate training We (@COVID_19_Canada ) and the province of #Ontario really need your help...every one of you.
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Actually the 64th. Let's hope the borders are open - I miss all my IAGLR friends!
Save the date! #IAGLR21 will head to @michigantech May 17-21, 2021, for our 6th annual Conference on #GreatLakes Research. Join us in Houghton, MI, in the beautiful homelands of the Anishinaabeg-Gichigami.
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It's finally here! The second #StateOfLakeWinnipeg report launched today. This comprehensive document represents years of work by #WQMS, @LakeWpgProgram, Manitoba Agriculture & Resource Development, academia & eNGOs. Congrats to all authors and especially editor Sharon Reedyk!
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Processing Chain Pickerel in our lab from Kejimikujik Lake in Nova Scotia. They are invasive to the lake, and Brook Trout are disappearing- so we are checking stomachs. So far we found a Brown Bullhead in 64870 and a Golden Shiner in 64871. @GLMonitoring #fishdiet @ParksCanada
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Mercury levels in loons and walleye are affected by rising water levels, ow.ly/UnnB50yCSB9 @WiscLimnology
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Our infrastructure was not built for this amount of water in the Great Lakes
#MIHighWaterSummit @NWSGrandRapids shares that #GreatLakes water levels keep climbing which means typical storms have stronger results. @MichiganEGLE
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For International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we're profiling some of our inspiring women colleagues. May we present.... the #WomenofWQMS! #WomenScienceDay
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#WaterQuality technologist Allison Waedt brings a variety of #fieldwork, #laboratory and #data skills when supporting programs including the #PrairieProvincesWaterBoard, #LakeWinnipeg, and #RedRiver monitoring. #womenandgirlsinscience #WomenInScienceDay #womeninSTEMM #ECCCSCI
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I’m Diana Fred! I study lakes and rivers in the #hudsonbaywatershed! From field to lab to data, I get to do it all! #thisiswhatascientistlookslike #fieldworkwhilefemale #WomenInScience #womenofwqms Happy #DayofWomenandGirlsInScience !
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Happy #InternationalWomenAndGirlsInScience Day! Here's me in the midst of field work aboard the Namao on #LakeWinnipeg last summer. In a nutshell, I spend ~99% of my time solving problems - I love it! And now, a thread about my experience as a young woman in the science world...
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PhD opportunity for non-target analysis... details here 👇
I'm searching for a candidate to do PhD research in my group with a focus on nontarget analysis of organic contaminants. Feel free to contact me for more info, applications are submitted online: aces.su.se/phd-student-in-en… @Stockholms_univ @scilifelab @AcesSthlmUni #exposome
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