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My new favourite climate graphic From Jane Morton @SafeClimate's excellent free booklet 'Don't Mention the Emergency?'
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Wildfire smoke is stretching from Illinois to Italy. Hundreds of wildfires in Canada have already scorched twice as much land as what typically burns in an entire season, according to the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System. Get the view from space: bit.ly/3NTlQV6
A satellite image taken from NASA’s Aqua satellite on June 28, 2023. In the upper part of the image, a cluster of wildfires can be seen in Quebec, Canada. Plumes of thick, tan smoke are blowing southwest from the fires. The location of fires is marked with orange dots, but note that the orange dots are not literally flames, but are hotspots as detected by satellites. Smoke is visible as hazy grey areas down the middle of the image — over Toronto, Buffalo, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and as far south as Tennessee.

ALT A satellite image taken from NASA’s Aqua satellite on June 28, 2023. In the upper part of the image, a cluster of wildfires can be seen in Quebec, Canada. Plumes of thick, tan smoke are blowing southwest from the fires. The location of fires is marked with orange dots, but note that the orange dots are not literally flames, but are hotspots as detected by satellites. Smoke is visible as hazy grey areas down the middle of the image — over Toronto, Buffalo, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and as far south as Tennessee.

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Mike Flannigan@mikeflannigan1 Jul 2023
2023 now is in first place for area burned in BC since 1950. Surprisingly, most of the fire season is ahead of us and we have already passed the recent record-breaking years of 2017 and 2018. wildfiresituation.nrs.gov.bc…
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This amazing figure from yesterday's #IPCC report shows the potential of different approaches to mitigate climate change It exposes two common misconceptions about 'natural climate solutions' 1/
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Dr. Merritt Turetsky@queenofpeat10 Mar 2023
Mosses make up most of the diversity in northern regions and often more than 50% of ecosystem productivity and carbon uptake from the atmosphere. Tiny superheroes. Where are my moss lovers?
Image of Polytrichum moss sporophytes with some white lichen scattered underneath.

ALT Image of Polytrichum moss sporophytes with some white lichen scattered underneath.

Image of red Sphagnum stems with a few yellow to greenish mosses in the stand.

ALT Image of red Sphagnum stems with a few yellow to greenish mosses in the stand.

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Dr Scott J. Davidson@ScootJD3 Mar 2023
Round 30 of the #WetlandCup is sphagnum moss vs. patterned fen! Who do you want to see in the final? Vote below!
72%Sphagnum moss
28%Patterned fen
224 votes • Final results
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Dr Scott J. Davidson@ScootJD2 Mar 2023
Round 29 of the #WetlandCup is raised bog vs. beaver wetland! Who will you send through to the FINAL?! Please give it a RT so we can get as many votes as possible
41%Raised bog
59%Beaver wetland
373 votes • Final results
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Dr. Merritt Turetsky@queenofpeat1 Mar 2023
3) Peat holds a lot of water, protecting not only peatlands but ENTIRE landscapes from drought. 4) While peat can burn, it protects ecosystems from severe burning. More peat = good 🔥 5) Peat promotes diversity & strange critters that make our world beautiful & interesting. 2/2
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Dr. Merritt Turetsky@queenofpeat1 Mar 2023
5 reasons why peat is powerful: 1) Peat is 50% carbon. That C was taken out of the atmosphere by plants and soils and put into ecological lockdown. Let's keep it there. 2) Peat archives everything from past climate to archeological records. Peat = information we need. 1/
Photograph of a brown peat core sitting inside a plastic shell with a tape measure below to mark depth. There are different colored brown patterns in the peat marking vegetation changes with depth.

ALT Photograph of a brown peat core sitting inside a plastic shell with a tape measure below to mark depth. There are different colored brown patterns in the peat marking vegetation changes with depth.

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Dr Scott J. Davidson@ScootJD1 Mar 2023
With 66% of the vote - sphagnum moss has taken the win #WetlandCup
Dr Scott J. Davidson@ScootJD28 Feb 2023
Round 27 of the #WetlandCup is blanket bog vs. sphagnum moss - who wins? You decide! Vote below and send your favourite to the next round.
34%Blanket bog
66%Sphagnum moss
223 votes • Final results
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BERA_Project@BeraProject9 Dec 2022
Welcome stakeholders, partners, collaborators, and researchers! #beraworkshop2022
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The view for the podium at #BERAWorkshop2022. It’s great to see everyone in person!
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ABMI@ABbiodiversity19 May 2022
We're #hiring a Regional Planning Coordinator! This position leads the ABMI's regional planning initiatives and Community-based Monitoring and Engagement (CBME) with Indigenous communities. Apply by June 1! #jobs abmi.ca/home/careers/career-…
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Our #Yukon #Wetland Field Guide project is underway, and the first step is gathering input from you on what we should include in it! Please complete our survey to share your thoughts on what this resource should look like right here: loom.ly/xPH0piY
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Dr. Merritt Turetsky@queenofpeat29 Apr 2022
Please RT! It's an #Arctic #cryosphere match-up of all match-ups! We asked 200 Angevine Middle School students to observe ancient permafrost & dream up a #permafrost themed ice cream. Vote for your favorite finalist! Let's show the students we support them! @benandjerrys @INSTAAR
18%Rocky uneven road
18%Cookies & carbon
34%Peat-nut butter
30%Carbon crunch
321 votes • Final results
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Charles Nock@charlesnock26 Apr 2022
I am recruiting a postdoctoral researcher interested in forest ecology, management and biodiversity. Opportunities to integrate data from studies of disturbance in managed and wildfire disturbed forests, and to work on synthesis @EmendExperiment shark-paddlefish-73pb.square…
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#TeamworkTuesdays help us highlight partners like @AlbertaPacific. For over 20yrs Al-Pac & DUC have worked together advancing #conservation, committed to #sustainable development in the #boreal. Read more 👉 boreal.ducks.ca/collaboratio…
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Meet Courtney Miller West, an Ecologist with the Science and Certification team at Al-Pac! Learn more about Courtney’s work in environmental stewardship and sustainability in forest management: bit.ly/3jNr3xa #WomenInForestry #BreakTheBias #IWD22 #InternationalWomensDay
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#Webinar today at 12pm MST! Dr. Kelly Bona & Dr. Kara Webster present on: 'The Canadian model for #peatlands: A national scale peatland carbon accounting model.' Register for free right here here: ow.ly/hKB850HrpzL
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Our paper on the initial impacts of peatland seismic line restoration is now out: rdcu.be/cGbPR Lots of work in this area with mounding is still coming up with @BeraProject and others! #PeatECR #PeatPaper
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