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Maria Strack

@wetland-ghg.bsky.social
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Canada Research Chair studying peatland-climate interactions. Fascinated by methane bubbles. Working to restore wetlands. Cyclist. she/her

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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Had a great trip to Sudbury to give this year’s Watershed Lecture @laurentianu.bsky.social at the Vale Living with Lakes Centre. Also got to visit one of the peatland restoration projects near campus with @mercury-ecohydro.bsky.social
A peatland filled with cotton grass.A sculpture on a peregrine falcon sitting on a rock.
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Excited to be in Halifax for this year's annual @cgu-ugc.bsky.social meeting. It's been a busy May so far with fieldwork, so what have we been up to?
Selfie of Maria with the Halifax waterfront in the background.
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
🧵Jack Mintz has a new piece in the Financial Post arguing that men in Canada are being discriminated against through federal research funding allocation and Canada Research Chair hiring quotas. @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I found this is simply misinformation.
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Jack Mintz: End DEI targets in federal research funding
The provinces, which regulate and fund universities, should step up to make sure grants and positions are allocated solely on merit. Read on
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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 23/04/2026
🚨 New paper with Percy Korsah and @wetland-ghg.bsky.social Increased methane emissions from boreal #peatlands following linear disturbances www.nature.com/articles/s43... Photo: peatland with seismic line running across it (+ impact of 2023 wildfire in the background. Photo credit: Melanie Bird)
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Excited for Sarah Finkelstein’s talk at @uwaterloo.ca World Wetlands Day annual public lecture
A slide introducing Sarah Finkelstein as invited speaker for World Wetlands Day.
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
It's World Wetlands Day! Soggy wishes to all who celebrate. Need some music for your wetland party? Enjoy some of the music videos our lab group has put together over the years www.youtube.com/@ghglab9201/...
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GHG Lab
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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Thousands of workers cut from the federal public service, including scientists, researchers, and entire programs across environmental, wildlife, and health fields. This is a devastating blow to science and monitoring across Canada, and will have far-reaching impacts. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
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Here is the latest on possible job cuts in the federal public service
Hundreds of public servants have already received layoff notices in Ottawa and across Canada, as the federal government begins to issue notices of potential job cuts in departments. CTVNewsOttawa.ca l...
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Huge congrats to the excellent bakers in my research team (their award-winning cake modelled after a bucket lysimeter is in the bottom right)! Delicious science communication!
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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Please share. Calling all bog lovers and peat aficionados - please drop a thumbs up or comment on this talk, and show TEDx why bogs are the best. My great hope is that we can drum up more bog champions in this world. With love and appreciation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWt9...
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Bogs are real superheroes, cast as villains | Dr. Merritt Turetsky | TEDxBoulder
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science. Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science. Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science. Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Is this the moment Canada gets serious about science and the economy?
The federal budget includes $1.7-billion to attract international researchers and support Canadian R&D and IP protections
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
The joy of reclaiming the street! (The road as closed for construction at the time and he was gleefully yelling ban cars as he ran down the street)
A child leaps joyfully in the middle of an empty road.
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Peatland Ecology Research Group (PERG) @gret-perg.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
📣 Save the Date! You’re warmly invited by Line Rochefort, Maria Strack, and their teams to an upcoming event you won’t want to miss. 🗓️ Details coming soon on the www.gret-perg.ulaval.ca — stay tuned! @wetland-ghg.bsky.social
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Albert Koehl @albertkoehl.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
"Speed cameras are not about increasing government revenue, they’re about changing behaviour and saving lives." #onpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Speed cameras save lives. Do we really need more reason to keep them?
Speed cameras are not about increasing government revenue, they’re about changing behaviour and saving lives.
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
So fun to be part of this project. Some research sites close to my heart included in this fun international collaboration. Thanks @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com for leading.
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Working on some paper revisions and encountered some interesting messaging on the USDA webpage. Some propaganda with your soils research...
Screenshot from Forest Service USDA website with notice about the Government Shutdown. Text states "The Radical Left Democrats shut down the government. This government website will be updated periodically during the funding lapse for mission critical functions. President Trump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people."
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Fatima Syed @fatimabsyed.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
First Nations asked the Doug Ford gov't for oversight measures over special economic zones (law-free areas for trusted proponents & designated projects). They asked for a public registry, an appeals process on cabinet decisions and time limits. The government said no thenarwhal.ca/ontario-bill...
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Ontario’s draft rules for special economic zones limit oversight | The Narwhal
The Doug Ford government’s draft regulations for special economic zones under Bill 5 empower ministers and dismiss First Nations’ request for oversight
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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 11/08/2025
Excellent 10 days in Alberta collecting a whole load of CO2 and CH4 flux data, vegetation surveys and drone surveys at our burned peatland sites - super cool to see the vegetation recovery already. Project in collaboration with @wetland-ghg.bsky.social
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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 09/08/2025
“…Canada 🇨🇦 continues to lag behind other countries in R&D spending; it spent 1.8% of GDP on research in 2024, placing it sixth in the G7 industrialized nations and well below the 2.7% average among the 38 nations that are members of the OECD.” 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
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Canada plans a 15% budget cut. Scientists are alarmed
Cuts could erase promised boost, researchers fear
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 08/08/2025
Mark Carney calls it nation building. First Nations call it betrayal. Bill C-5 is Mark Carney’s plan to fast-track infrastructure and energy projects deemed to be in the “national interest.” But leaders warn it could ignite a new wave of Indigenous resistance. thewalrus.ca/first-nations-wa...
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Spent the weekend in my happy place
A beaver pond with shrub and sedge vegetation in the foreground.Sundew in a carpet of green Sphagnum moss.A fen with red Sphagnum moss and pink flowers on a shrub (Spirea tomentosa).A view down a stream in a fen with conifer trees lining the sides as you look down towards a beaver pond in the distance.
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
COP15 of the Ramsar Convention starts today. Here in Canada we have the privilege of being home to a quarter of the world's remaining wetlands. Let's not forget what a treasure they are. theconversation.com/canadian-wet...
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Canadian wetlands are treasures that deserve protection
Canada is home to a quarter of the world’s remaining wetlands. Despite decades of efforts, wetlands continue to be under threat around the world.
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Alan Puttock @alanputtock.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
New PhD funding opportunity: Quantifying natural flood management through peatland restoration in the upland moorland environment (Physical Geography @exeter.ac.uk ) @dpanici.bsky.social @philipimetcalfe.bsky.social @uoe-creww.bsky.social www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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Quantifying NFM through peatland re | University of Exeter
The University’s Department of Geography invites applications for a PhD studentship funded by the Environment Agency and South West Water and the University of Exeter to commence as soon as possible t...
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Convention on Wetlands @ramsar.org · 22/07/2025
Since 1970, a total of 411.5 million hectares of natural wetlands have been lost globally. To restore & conserve the wetlands essential for achieving global biodiversity and climate goals, we face a financing gap estimated between $275 billion and $550 billion. www.global-wetland-outlook.ramsar.org
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Always a pleasure to share information about how important our peatlands in Canada are and raise awareness about the threats they face www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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Carbon emissions from Canada's wildfires are spiking. But that's not counting our vast peatlands | CBC News
A new government model to estimate peatland emissions and their impact on climate change could provide a new perspective on the problem — and spark new discussions about solutions.
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Investigating the effect of interacting disturbances - fire and cut lines- on peatland carbon exchange @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com
A linear clearing covered in moss and shrubs within a burnt stand of black spruce.A square metal frame used for carbon flux measurement in the soil in a burned bog with shrubs recovering in the understory.
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
We have a global treasure in the Hudson and James Bay Lowlands and we need to spread the word and fight to protect it
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Spending the day in a boreal bog
Maria in a high visibility vest standing among stunted black spruce trees.
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Ever wondered how functional traits of common peatland plants vary among sites? We got you - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... This was a fun group project with @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com and many grad students and post-docs.
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Intraspecific trait variability in four geographically widespread peatland plant species in Canada
Plant traits directly influence ecosystem carbon exchange through photosynthesis and respiration, and indirectly control nutrient cycling through stru…
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Peatland Ecology Research Group (PERG) @gret-perg.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🌍 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
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A global development and dynamics of peatland restoration: a bibliometric analysis
Peatland ecosystems play a critical role in conservation of biodiversity and climate regulation, but face ongoing degradation from land-use change, mi…
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
We have given up our right to move safely (i.e., walking, cycling, dancing, running) in our cities so that cars can move "freely". Instead of standing up for that right of movement, we're told to protect our bodies for impact...
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Lorna Harris, PhD @lornaharris.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
“Most people think Ontario is all forest,” he says, “but Omushkego land is so much more. It’s my home, my history, my people.” - Jeronimo Kataquapit The Hudson Bay Lowland is indeed so much more to so many people. canadiangeographic.ca/articles/ins... #peatlands #climatechange #biodiversity
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Inside the ambitious Indigenous-led plan to protect northwestern Ontario’s “Breathing Lands”
On the western shores of James and Hudson bays, a group of Omushkego Cree nations have been working to protect both water and land
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GreyBruceInfo- Part Owner of Canada 🇨🇦 @brucegreyinfo.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
"This is what Bill 5 is saying, 'Let us go ahead and... ruin your lands... but we'll throw you a little bit of money.'" — Kate Kempton (Woodward & Company) tonight at 8/11pm with Zachary Davis (Pape Salter Teillet LLP), Chief Peter Wesley (Moose Cree First Nation), and @jeyantvo.bsky.social
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Such a #peaty day at #CMOSxCGU2025!
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Mélina Guêné-Nanchen @melinaguene.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Flux flux flux! Starting fieldwork with MSc and PhD student out in the #peatland of Pointe Lebel. Shoutout to @wetland-ghg.bsky.social for lending us the #LGR for catotelm fluxes
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Important session to kickoff #CMOSxCGU2025
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Lots of familiar faces at YYZ on their way to Saskatoon for #CMOSxCGU2025 @cgu-ugc.bsky.social
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
On to the swamps today. Ground layer and tree stem fluxes with @smilingmegs.bsky.social
Two researchers writing down data in a forested wetland.A researcher attaches a chamber to a tree in a wetland while another researcher looks on.
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
It’s a fen fluxin’ kinda day
Three researchers wearing high visibility vests in a sedgy fen.
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Peatland Ecology Research Group (PERG) @gret-perg.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
We've long supported active #restoration of #peatlands post-extraction, using enhanced #rewetting and #moss transfer The Can-Peat project, synthesizing historical and recent data on C exchanges from restored areas in Canada, backs this approach! 📖 tinyurl.com/4cwvbs88 @wetland-ghg.bsky.social
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When do restored and reclaimed peatlands regain their typical carbon sink function? | Can-Peat | University of Waterloo
News article by Melanie Bird
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 23/04/2025
NEW – Analysis: Conservative election win could add 800m tonnes to Canada’s emissions by 2035 | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social w/ comment from Emma Starke and Katya Rhodes Read here: buff.ly/0HQhsZk
Chart | Conservative election win could add 800m tonnes to Canada’s emissions by 2035: Black line: Historical Canadian greenhouse gas emissions 1990-2023, millions of tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Blue line: Projected emissions based on the Conservative party’s plans to eliminate certain climate policies, 2024-2035. Red line: Projected emissions based on existing federal climate policies under the Liberals, 2024-2035. Yellow shaded area: Canada’s emissions targets for 2026, 2030, 2035 and 2050. The historic emissions and party projections do not include LULUCF accounting contributions. Source: Starke and Rhodes (2025), Canadian greenhouse gas inventory, Canadian greenhouse gas emissions projections.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 14/04/2025
Mohsen Mahdawi of White River Junction, Vermont was illegally detained by ICE during what was supposed to be the final step in his citizenship process. Mr. Mahdawi, a legal resident of the US, must be afforded due process under the law and immediately released from detention.
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Craig Brennan @craig-brennan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Read. 👇🏼 www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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I’m an International Student. I Refuse To Be Silenced. | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
As an international student, I am well aware that the opinions I express carry a certain degree of risk. Still, I refuse to remain silent. Citizens or not, we all have agency over the direction this c...
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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
This #GivingBlueday, there’s a lot to love about UMBS. One of senior Kailey Koshorek’s favorite experiences at UMBS was Mud Lake Bog: “It’s wild.” Donate (www.givecampus.com/schools/Univ...) before midnight to help support science & discovery. www.youtube.com/watch?v=17nY...
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Sights and Sounds of Mud Lake Bog
YouTube video by U-M Biological Station
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Looking for some fun wetland content to spice up spring break? Enjoy this one-page wetland role playing game. All you need is a 6-sided die and something to mark your progress. Follow this link to the full version with hyperlinks to all the fun wetland facts: uwaterloo.ca/wetland-soil...
Game board and instructions for a one-page role playing game called Wandering in the Wetlands. The link in the post will take you to a downloadable PDF.
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
This is huge news and such an amazing opportunity to support excellent researchers working in Canada.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
One of the heroes that was scrubbed
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Welcome to the many new followers. You're in for content about wetlands and their awesome carbon storage superpower. And goofy content about how much we love them in our research group. youtu.be/X5bt_ZG1YBE
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A Bog Song: WWD2025
YouTube video by GHG Lab
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Maria Strack @wetland-ghg.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Really fun to work with Futurum to produce this resource
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