Julie Talbot

For over 15 years the McMaster Ecohydro Lab has awarded the #NobelPeatPrize to the authors of the best peatland or peat paper of the year.

It’s that time of year again where we review papers and finalize a list of nominees.

Do you have a fave paper for 2025 you would like us to consider?

Renewables become biggest source of electricity globally for 1st time, beating coal | CBC News Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new an...

Thanks to China and India:

"In the first six months of the year, China added more solar and wind than the rest of the world combined, and its fossil fuel generation fell by two per cent (...). India saw record solar and wind growth that outpaced the growth in demand."

www.cbc.ca/news/science...

Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c

Link to apply : rh-carriere-dmz-eng.synchro.umontreal.ca/psc/rhprpr9_...

Glass buildings with a paved path in between (gray, with blue lines)

My department @geographieudem.bsky.social is looking for a professor in human geography specializing in the study of social-ecological transformations, political ecology, climate change, environmental justice and/or the geography of risks and infrastructures. Deadline November 10, share widely!

Le gouvernement du Québec s'enfonce de plus en plus

A group of students sitting and standing on a boardwalk in a middle of a swamp. Trees are in the background, they are stating to turn yellow and orange, most are still green. The sky is blue.

It's so nice to be able to teach outside on such a beautiful day! Here students are learning about the beauty of urban swamps, in the middle of Mont-Royal park (Montreal) 🌿

I am starting a new service where I slash the tires of expensive cars in Silicon Valley unless their owners specifically opt-out.

So exhausting..

Same, et c'est à ce moment que j'ai appris qu'en France ils disent "chamallow"

The Canada Council for the Arts "lost" $304 million last year.
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council "lost" $1.4 billion last year.
Parks Canada "lost" $1.3 billion last year.

MSF forced to suspend activities amid Israeli offensive in Gaza City | MSF The intense Israeli forces' offensive in Gaza City, Palestine, is putting our staff and patients at an unacceptable level of risk to continue our lifesaving activities.

“We have been left with no choice but to stop our activities, as our clinics are encircled by Israeli forces... This is the last thing we wanted.”

We have been forced to suspend our activities and leave Gaza City.

Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’ New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023 Governments around the world are ramping up coal, gas and oil extraction which will put climate goals beyond reach, new data has shown. Far from reducing reliance on fossil fuels, nations are planning higher levels of fossil fuel production for the coming decades than they did in 2023, the last time comparable data was compiled. Continue reading...

Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’

Solar Geoengineering: Ineffective, Risky, and Unnecessary Some people are proposing to counteract climate change by artificially dimming the Sun. But it’s ineffective. It’s risky. And it’s…

A piece in the New York Times brings up a “zombie” proposal to combat climate change — basically using smoke & mirrors to cool the planet.

No matter how many times people kill the idea, it seems to come back to the headlines.

Don’t let it. It’s not a good idea.

globalecoguy.org/solar-geoeng...

De superbes projets avec un super collègue !

"Trust us, AI is good for higher education" say the worst people in the world, and somehow, the universities abide.

Drawings of an array of reptiles in black and white with a sepia background that screams "old scientific journal article".

As I'm preparing new lecture material, I'm reminded again of what a wonderful ressource the @biodivlibrary.bsky.social is! It's the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives and it is well worth a visit (the images and the thematic collections are amazing)💚

Jesus Christ.

A standing ovation — from Liberals too — for Charlie Kirk in the Canadian House of Commons.

You can (and should) oppose political violence without doing all this, you know.

Channel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’ Broadcaster to dedicate Wednesday night schedule to unpicking US president’s false or misleading statements

More than 100 of Donald Trump’s inaccurate statements are to be dissected by Channel 4 to coincide with his state visit, in what it described as “the longest uninterrupted reel of untruths, falsehoods and distortions ever broadcast on television”.

Promotional poster for the “2026 PEAT Calendar” by the Peatland ECR Action Team. The calendar theme is “Wildlife.” The poster announces that photo submissions are open until September 30, 2025. The background features a scenic photo of a wooden boardwalk leading through a peatland toward snow-capped mountains under a colorful sunset sky. Photo credit: Justinas Sakas.

🚨📸 About 2 weeks left to send in your best #wildlife in a #peatland shot and publish in the 2026 edition of #PeatCalendar

Email to: PeatECR@gmail.com

Deadline: 30 September

We knew he was a blue Liberal. But Mark Carney is alienating progressive voters The new PM's defiant tone doesn't always appear to match his actions.

”It’s puzzling why Carney keeps doing things that alienate his own supporters ... the reason Carney is sitting in the PMO is because progressive swing voters made a strategic choice to lend him their votes — they didn’t lend their vote to appease Trump, impose austerity or roll back workers’ rights“

UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’

UC Berkeley gives the Trump admin the names of 160 faculty + students for a federal investigation into “alleged antisemitic incidents.”

Judith Butler, one of the targeted scholars, tells me: "It is an enormous breach of trust... It's shocking. Did you consider not complying with this request?”

Wonderful picture!

"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...

Carney: Canadians deserve the best 1960s economy money can buy

Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out.

Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.

Face à Moscou, l’Europe redécouvre la force défensive des tourbières La Finlande et la Pologne envisagent de restaurer des tourbières asséchées le long de leurs frontières orientales afin d’ériger des barrières naturelles contre une possible invasion terrestre russe.…

Les tourbières ne sont pas que des milieux essentiels pour la lutte contre les changements climatiques. Elles sont aussi des outils de défense militaire ! www.france24.com/fr/europe/20...

Faculty, Rejoice: Gmail Can Now Translate “Deanspeak” We are thrilled to announce that Google Translate has recently added “Deanspeak” to its suite of language-detection tools. In addition to offering ...

Now, instead of reading the latest email from the Subdean for Academic Affairs and Climbing Wall Management, simply click on the ADMINISTRATOR LANGUAGE DETECTED icon to reveal the message in simple English and determine the threat level to your department, program, or mental health.

Current and future methane emissions from boreal-Arctic wetlands and lakes - Nature Climate Change How much methane will be emitted from the boreal-Arctic region under climate change is not well constrained. Here the authors show that accounting for distinct wetland and lake classes leads to lower ...

New study where McKenzie Kuhn, I and co-authors show that accounting for differences among wetland and lake types is crucial for estimating current and future boreal-Arctic methane emissions – out now in Nature Climate Change.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Tech billionaires: "ai will solve all your problems, sack your workforce and pay for a chat bot instead"

AI: