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3.4-magnitude earthquake felt in B.C.’s Okanagan A small earthquake shook B.C.’s Okanagan Thursday night.

My dad's cats experienced their first earthquake last night!

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Opinion: As a physician, I see how gender-affirming care benefits youth Alberta’s moves to restrict treatment are based in ignorance and misinformation

“My own experience prescribing puberty blockers has demonstrated enormous psycho-social benefits in youth who feel a quiet desperation watching their bodies change in ways they can’t control […] A puberty blocker provides them with a pause […] with no effects on fertility, and is 100% reversible.”

Well don't I feel stupid

The GLOF that triggered helicopter evacuations in the Bugaboos, British Columbia a few days ago, was only a partial drainage of a small glacial lake. @drewbrayshaw.bsky.social @davepetley.bsky.social 🧪⚒️

The seismic signal from Tracy Arm in Alaska, which was probably generated by a large landslide. Data released by the Alaska Earthquake Center.

Satellite image of Tracy Arm inlet. Image copyright Planet Labs, used with permission. Image dated 7 August 2025.

It is likely that a large, tsunamigenic landslide occurred in Tracy Arm inlet, in Alaska on 10 August 2025 at 5:30 am.
Seismic trace from the Alaska Earthquake Center, Satellite image (dated 7 August 2025 - before the landslide) from @planet.com.
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A brown and grey pika perched on a rock, side-eyeing the camera

A zoomed in photo of a pika's hind feet and legs as it squeezes under a rock

A pika perched on a rock with clover and grass in it's mouth, staring at the camera

While my 20 year-old digital camera can't handle low light very well, these blurry pika pictures are too cute not to share

Yesterday, Phil Lesueur from Geological Survey of Canada and Mike Thiel, MSc student at @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social @ucalgary.bsky.social and I headed to Bow Glacier Falls in Banff National Park to collect lidar (laser mapping) of the rock face that collapsed in June, tragically killing 2 hikers 🧪⚒️

M8.8 earthquake strikes offshore Kamchatka A dangerous subduction megathrust ruptures once again

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A M8.8 earthquake just ruptured the subduction zone offshore Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula. This is one of the world’s truly huge earthquakes, and a triggered tsunami is currently traveling across the Pacific ocean.

This same fault ruptured on July 20th in a M7.4, and last August in a M7.1.

There have been claims that NOAA/NWS did not foresee catastrophic TX floods--but that's simply not true. This was undoubtedly an extreme event, but messaging rapidly escalated beginning ~12 hrs prior. Flood Watch mid PM, "heads up" outlook late PM, flash flood warnings ~1am.

An orange fossil of what looks like a crinoid (will be double checking this with a professor) sticking out of a limestone boulder

Three solitary horn corals in a rock sticking out of the dirt!

What looks like a syringopora fossil (will be double checking this with a professor) in a creek!

A colonial rugose coral fossil with a very cool honeycomb pattern. The fossil has been worn smooth in a few spots.

Mississippian Period marine fossils from the Mount Head Formation in Kananskis!

(don't worry, I also took photos with objects for scale)

Remember to stay safe near the rivers and creeks. Water levels can change very rapidly as a result of precipitation and of dam operations. Stay dry!

Pre-debunking 2 myths that go with eruptions:

- No, there aren't more eruptions than usual. 40-50 is normal, there's currently 47: volcano.si.edu/gvp_currente...

- No, this CO2 doesn't outweigh human emissions. We emit at ~100x the rate of all volcanoes combined: science.nasa.gov/climate-chan...

I can confirm, I'm a big squid and cuttlefish fan

A mountain cottontail kit hiding beneath some leaves in a deep window well

There's a family of mountain cottontails in my neighbourhood, and one of the kits ran off and fell into our window well during the major storm last night. Luckily it's safe and back with its family now!

Our window wells seem to trap all sorts of small animals so we're building ramps for them.

Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano erupts, alert at highest level Authorities recorded the volcano unleashing 10,000 metres (32,800 feet) of thick grey clouds.

Authorities recorded the volcano unleashing 10,000 metres (32,800 feet) of thick grey clouds.

Woman holding a sign reading "KEEP ICE AT THE POLES, NOT AT THE BORDERS" with a picture of a penguin

I just ran across this photo from seven years ago.

As always: glaciologists against ICE.

Old Coal Mines Near Crowsnest Pass Are Still Killing Fish | The Tyee A new study warns against new mines in the area, finding toxic selenium pollution persists for decades.

And this is why we don't want more coal mining in the eastern slopes of the Rockies thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...

YouTube video by APTN News Feds say they will match Red Cross donations for wildfire assistance in Man., Sask. | APTN News

Canada’s Minister of Emergency Management Eleanor Olszewski says the government will dollar match donations made to the Red Cross for fire assistance in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

She was unable to say what other immediate supports the feds will offer.

An adult Canada goose shows its goslings how to drink water from a puddle while the other parent watches. Four of the goslings are in a neat line, looking curious, while the fifth gosling stands in the middle of the puddle, looking confused.

The goslings are in a grassy lawn, eating dandelions. One of the parents is eating dandelions next to them while the other watches something in the distance.

There's an adorable family of Canada geese with five little goslings that often wanders around campus, and seeing the parents teach the goslings how to do goose things always makes my day.

I'm so proud of my peers! Seeing their presentations this morning was amazing (and fun).

A photo featuring the edge of a large glacier. The glacier is covered in grey ash from nearby wildfires, and there's a bright turquoise marginal lake next to it and partially under it. I'm standing in front of the lake with a bright yellow hat, a blue backpack, and hiking poles. I look very small compared to the glacier.

For #WorldGlacierDay, here's a photo of my favourite glacier, the Illecillecwaet Glacier in Glacier National Park, Canada. Its name comes from the Sinixt word meaning "big water", as it feeds the Illecillecwaet River, a major river that flows into the Columbia River.

It's an Airpods case with two isopods in it, curled up with black scales and yellow highlights. Big Apple-sytle text reads: "iSopods". There's a watermark logo I can barely make out: "ZTH Photography" in the lower right. Stolen from the Internet.

whispering voice in your head:
"...put them in your ears..."

best colour combo ever 11/10

An image being presented in a hotel conference room that reads "Ministry of Environment Protection, Climate Change and Food Security". It has the MNBC logo and the background photo is of a lake in a mountain bowl.

A rocky coastline on a cloudy day. A large rocky outcrop in the foreground is covering barnacles.

Some of the B.C. Parliament buildings. They are made from stone in a Romanesque architecture style and have teal coloured copper patina decorations on the rooftops.

I had a wonderful weekend at the Métis Nation of B.C.'s Ministry of Environment Protection, Climate Change and Food Security Conference and Citizen Workshop! It was so amazing to connect with other Métis citizens and elders from across B.C. working to help protect the environment and each other.

Two Métis women with black hair and black jackets sitting across from each other at a table and smiling at the camera. My mom (Chantal Wilson) is on the left and my mentor (Lisa Moore) is on the right.

Today I celebrated International Women's Day by going for supper with my mom and a lifelong mentor of mine. These two women have helped shape me into the person I am today, and I love them so so much.

Happy International Women's Day everyone!

If the woolly mice need a home, I'd happily build a big mouse haven for them in my house.

Good lord yes bsky.app/profile/knit...

A photo of two Canada Geese standing on some ice near a patch of rocks in the middle of a half-frozen river. On the opposite shore of the river, there is a steep bank with a small creek running down it and dry, brown shrubs and grasses. The picture was taken with a Nikon Coolpix 5600, and there is an orange date stamp on the bottom right corner that reads "01.03.2025".

An unedited photo from my walk along the river today! The weather has been nice lately, so I thought I'd get out and play around with a camera I recently added to my collection.

Mars climate scientist here. The oceans won't just return. We don't have a good explanation for how Mars had oceans when it did have a thick atmosphere in the paleo record billions of years ago. Everything in the last few months should prove that Musk is an idiot and knows nothing about anything.

It's one of my favourites!